Bluecoat Gin

[Samuel Checker]

Summertime is pretty definitely on its way, which means swimming
through Philadelphia humidity, the return of the cicada hum and for me
at least gin and tonics.

So after seeing a mention of it in the Inquirer, last night I bought a
bottle of Bluecoat Gin at the State Store. This is a "craft" gin, made
in Northeast Philly, and sells for about the same as Tanqueray or
Boodles. An article at
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2006-04-13/food.shtml gives an
overview of the distillery complete with the quote

"We love English gin, but we do it better. And why should we drink
English gin? Didn't we win the war?"

There's part of me that's rooting for it just because it is locally
produced, but the word is that this is a tasty gin regardless. I'll
post again after I've had a chance to try it once or twice.

Bluecoat Gin's homepage is http://www.bluecoatgin.com/
There's a review of it at
http://www.slashfood.com/2006/11/23/gin-notes-bluecoat-american-dry-gin/

[Samuel Checker]

Oops, just did a bit more Googling and found a tasting calendar on the
LCB site. There are Bluecoat Gin tastings at stores around the area,
including Philadelphia, Jenkintown and Allentown, throughout the
month.

http://www.lcb.state.pa.us/App/Vendors/WineTastingCalendar/wtc_calendar.asp