# Anyone here drink Tanqueray Rangpur gin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992 "2008-06-24T00:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/21 "2008-06-25T00:03:41Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] I think you are missing the point here. 80 proof Vodka and Gin and Whiskey and Rum and Tequila all basically have the exact same number of calories (69 per ounce), the calories are in the alcohol itself. Changing liquor isn’t going to do anything to help you change your caloric intake unless that precipitates a change in the mixer. [/QUOTE] hmmm. will have to clarify this with someone who told me that there was a difference due to the ingredients distilled to make each. I just believed him because he’s a personal trainer. :smack: I don’t even drink that much (2 drinks/week average), but every bit helps I guess! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/22 "2008-06-25T00:17:32Z")
Google is your friend.[sup]\*[/sup] [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi\_m0846/is\_5\_21/ai\_82333620](http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_5_21/ai_82333620) [http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/14037.html](http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/14037.html) - - Assuming of course you don’t trust your resident Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/23 "2008-06-25T00:38:50Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] Google is your friend. [/QUOTE] Damn, I guess I just gotta fact-check every-damn-body…le sigh… (thanks for the info-reading now! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/24 "2008-06-25T02:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] quite a shame to dilute some of the wonderful craft gins on the market these days [/QUOTE] I have nothing worthwhile to add except: if you’re on Vancouver Island… try this. (Sorry about the Flash on their website; click “spirits”.) Oh, my, my. $49 Canadian a bottle, and I bought a bottle–real fast. I slid through the people in the tasting room like a shark scenting blood, to grab the last bottle on the shelf, because this stuff is _good._ ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/25 "2008-06-25T03:56:02Z")
::: Takes sip from a gin and tonic::: Gin drinker here. I was a Bombay Sapphire drinker then I discovered Rangpur. I love Rangpur. For an everyday gin, it is the gin of the Gods. Comparing the price to Hendricks or Anchor Steam, it is worth it. While I won’t argue that they are better gins, they are way more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/26 "2008-06-25T11:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] I have nothing worthwhile to add except: if you’re on Vancouver Island… try this. (Sorry about the Flash on their website; click “spirits”.) Oh, my, my. $49 Canadian a bottle, and I bought a bottle–real fast. I slid through the people in the tasting room like a shark scenting blood, to grab the last bottle on the shelf, because this stuff is _good._ [/QUOTE] Linky no worky - and I’m close enough to BC that I really _really_ want to know what was that good! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/27 "2008-06-25T11:49:45Z")
IMHO, Rangpur tastes like it’s gin with ‘Lime flavored product’ in it. I’ve had it, I won’t go out of my way to get it again. I lurve (in order): Hendricks Citadelle New Amsterdam(\*) And will easily drink Sapphire if it’s the best thing available. Good thing about New Amsterdam is: it’s relatively inexpensive! If I have tonic (and I frequently do), I’ll have a G&T, otherwise, it’s a martini, stirred, drunken olives, a little brine for me. I agree on the martini glass…definately a stationary drink. You don’t drink martini’s to mingle. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992/28 "2008-06-25T13:32:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] Of course I use a fancy glass. What am I, an animal in the jungle? [/QUOTE] I guess I’ll have to get rid of my jelly jars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-drink-tanqueray-rangpur-gin/453992.md?page=1)