My Mom was a fan of "Creamed Chipped Beef on toast" which was that salty stuff from a jar. My Dad, a WWII vet called it "S... on a shingle" much to our delight, my Mom, not so much.

I'll bring up Gordon's again, as I do believe it make a fine G&T, but also to ask if others have seen the new label?
Similar to the old "Yellow Label style, it proclaims "the original" and "World's No. 1 International Gin" and most notably, where the old label stated "produced and bottled by the Distillers Company, Norwalk, Conn." it now says "Product of Canada". Still $8.49 at my local grocer's, despite the fact that it's now imported.

"Plastic holds up to the freezer better than plastic." Ahh, ginjunk, when intoxicated, a keyboard is rather difficult to hang onto! ;)

I don't know, cheaper to mold I guess. I don't really notice a taste difference, it's (glass) more aesthetic, I guess, and probably safer. I did just buy a 1.75 of what arguably is the "best cheap Scotch", Teacher's, and it was glass!

Update: It must be Spring, people have a taste for Gin again! With our unseasonably warm Spring here in the Midwest, I bought a bottle of Bombay Dry, which I like, and also Broker's, which is substantial for the price. Neither bottle is noticeably superior to Gordon's, however, which, at $9.00 /bottle, is definitely my best cheap gin. It's got more Juniper-forward taste, which I like. I may try Seagram's, based on comments posted in this forum.

As Vinosnob put it, "cold and neat" is how you drink it. I keep mine in the freezer, along with the glasses. It's always drunk with food, though, often at lunch! When I learned to drink it as a youth, I was in Denmark at a relative's, she would fill me full of lunch and Snaps, and send me out on her bicycle to sightsee. Hard to sightsee when your eyes are crossed!

I haven't had Linie yet, though I've heard it's good. There are others in the Aalborg range I'd like to try, but I guess I'll have to get to Denmark again...

I enjoy ice-cold Akvavit, with pickled herring, or sardines, etc. (I'm of Danish heritage). Any other Akvavit fans out there? I used to buy Aalborg, but I found they change their recipe for the U. S., with added sugar, so I make my own by infusing vodka with Caraway seeds.

There's a recipe for a "Danish Mary" on the back of the U.S. bottles of Aalborg Akvavit, It seems like it'd be good, with the savory tastes of pickle, tomato, etc. I haven't tried it, anybody?

I guess I agree that room temp. gin mixes well with the ice whether shaken, stirred, or on the rocks.
The spirit that should be kept in the freezer is Snaps, otherwise known as Akvavit. It should be drunk freezing and neat, in a frozen glass. Vodka is often drunk this way, too,

I grew up on Gordon's. My Dad drank it, said there was "no reason to spend a lot on gin". He made me my first Martini on the rocks, a little extra olive juice. So I have fond memories of cooking out on the grill with a cold Martini in a Tervis Tumbler! I've tried Hendrick's, which I liked, and Beefeater, also good, but nothing seems right unless it's Gordon's.