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| Question: Is ] a higher quality version of Gordon's? On the Gordon's bottles, the ] states: ''"By appointment to Her Majesty The Queen Tanqueray Gordon."'' Both are owned by ], but are they from the same distiller? ] 08:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC) | Question: Is ] a higher quality version of Gordon's? On the Gordon's bottles, the ] states: ''"By appointment to Her Majesty The Queen Tanqueray Gordon."'' Both are owned by ], but are they from the same distiller? ] 08:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :As indicates, in 1898 Alexander Gordon & Co merged with Charles Tanqueray & Co, forming Tanqueray Gordon & Co. That company is now owned by Diageo. Given that Tanqueray and Gordon's have a very different flavour (in that Tanqueray isn't actually revolting ;-) ), I wouldn't have thought that it was a "higher quality version", just a different product made by the same company. However, given modern production methods and economies of scale, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they were both made of the same basic grain spirit etc, but I can't find anything to confirm that. Cheers, ] 01:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC) | :As indicates, in 1898 Alexander Gordon & Co merged with Charles Tanqueray & Co, forming Tanqueray Gordon & Co. That company is now owned by Diageo. Given that Tanqueray and Gordon's have a very different flavour (in that Tanqueray isn't actually revolting ;-) ), I wouldn't have thought that it was a "higher quality version", just a different product made by the same company. However, given modern production methods and economies of scale, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they were both made of the same basic grain spirit etc, but I can't find anything to confirm that. Cheers, ] 01:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| ::When did Gordon's cease being a quality brand and start being minging? Surely since the 'fifties, when Ian Fleming made James Bond order it in his Vesper martini. I really can't imagine that someone so picky about food and drink as Fleming would in any way have recommended Gordon's as it is today. ] 18:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Question: Is Tanqueray a higher quality version of Gordon's? On the Gordon's bottles, the Royal Warrant states: "By appointment to Her Majesty The Queen Tanqueray Gordon." Both are owned by Diageo, but are they from the same distiller? Malakaville 08:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- As indicates, in 1898 Alexander Gordon & Co merged with Charles Tanqueray & Co, forming Tanqueray Gordon & Co. That company is now owned by Diageo. Given that Tanqueray and Gordon's have a very different flavour (in that Tanqueray isn't actually revolting ;-) ), I wouldn't have thought that it was a "higher quality version", just a different product made by the same company. However, given modern production methods and economies of scale, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they were both made of the same basic grain spirit etc, but I can't find anything to confirm that. Cheers, DWaterson 01:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- When did Gordon's cease being a quality brand and start being minging? Surely since the 'fifties, when Ian Fleming made James Bond order it in his Vesper martini. I really can't imagine that someone so picky about food and drink as Fleming would in any way have recommended Gordon's as it is today. 195.92.40.49 18:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)