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Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin owned by Bacardi that was first launched in 1987 by IDV. In 1997 Diageo sold the brand to Bacardi. Its name originates from gin's popularity in India during the British Raj and the sapphire in question is the Star of Bombay on display at the Smithsonian Institution. Bombay Sapphire is marketed in a flat-sided, sapphire-coloured bottle that bears a picture of Queen Victoria on the label.
The flavouring of the drink comes from a recipe of ten ingredients: almond, lemon peel, liquorice, juniper berries, orris root, angelica, coriander, cassia, cubeb, and grains of paradise. The spirit is triple distilled using a carterhead still, and the alcohol vapours are passed through a mesh/basket containing the ten botanicals, in order to gain flavour and aroma. This gives a lighter, more floral gin rather than the more-common 'punchy' gins that are distilled using a copper pot still. Water from Lake Vyrnwy is added to bring the strength of Bombay Sapphire down to 40.0% (UK, Canada, Australia).
Mumbai (/mʊmˈbaɪ/; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world, with an estimated city population of 18.4 million. Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world and the seсond most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 20.7 million as of 2011. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2009, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It is also the wealthiest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West, or Central Asia. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires and millionaires among all cities in India.
The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British East India Company when in 1661 King Charles II married the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, and as part of her dowry Charles received the ports of Tangier and seven islands of Bombay. During the mid-18th century, Bombay was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook reclamation of the area between the seven islands from the sea. Along with construction of major roads and railways, the reclamation project, completed in 1845, transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Bombay in the 19th century was characterized by economic and educational development. During the early 20th century it became a strong base for the Indian independence movement. Upon India's independence in 1947 the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the capital.
Sapphire (Greek: σάπφειρος; sappheiros, 'blue stone', which probably referred instead at the time to lapis lazuli) is a typically blue gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3). Trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium can give corundum respectively blue, yellow, purple, orange, or green color. Chromium impurities in corundum yield pink or red tint, the latter being called ruby.
Commonly, sapphires are worn in jewelry. Sapphires may be found naturally, by searching through certain sediments (due to their resistance to being eroded compared to softer stones) or rock formations. They also may be manufactured for industrial or decorative purposes in large crystal boules. Because of the remarkable hardness of sapphires – 9 on the Mohs scale (the third hardest mineral, after diamond at 10 and moissanite at 9.5) – and of aluminium oxide in general, sapphires are used in some non-ornamental applications, including infrared optical components, such as in scientific instruments; high-durability windows; wristwatch crystals and movement bearings; and very thin electronic wafers, which are used as the insulating substrates of very special-purpose solid-state electronics (especially integrated circuits and GaN-based LEDs).
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This week on Booze Reviewz, Steph and Darius get fancy with Bombay Sapphire Gin. What's the score? Watch and find out! SUBSCRIBE ► http://goo.gl/GqBqvv LAST REVIEW ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7JEMkH7Sc TWITTER & INSTAGRAM ► @romeothepirate
Merlin Griffiths, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Global Brand Ambassador, demonstrates the art and simplicity of making the perfect BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Collins. The BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Collins is a refreshing, light cocktail that complements and enhances the Spanish lemon peel, just one of the 10 exotic botanicals sourced from around the world found in BOMBAY SAPPHIRE. INGREDIENTS (for 1 BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Collins): - 1.5 measures of BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Gin - Freshly squeezed juice of ½ large lemon (or 1 small lemon) - 2 heaped tsps caster (superfine) sugar - Soda water GLASS: Highball or long glass METHOD: Add the lemon juice and sugar to the glass and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add BOMBAY SAPPHIRE. Fill the glass with ice, stir at least 5 turns to chill the liquid, then add more ice to replace any that m...
MOOSYLVANIA recently gave Avatar the opportunity to produce a video that would accompany print materials for a Bombay Sapphire Gin campaign. Our challenge was to create a look and feel that was identical to the photography used in print.
Bombay Sapphire lengthened with Fever-Tree tonic water and a squeeze of fresh fragrant lime - bright, refreshing, up-lifting & divine. The ultimate expression of that quintessentially English classic, the ‘G&T;’. http://distillery.bombaysapphire.com/cocktails/gin-and-tonic
Bombay Sapphire invites you to uncover the secrets of our world famous gin. Behind the doors of our beautiful distillery, Laverstoke Mill in rural Hampshire, discover the craftsmanship and heritage infused into every drop of Bombay Sapphire.
Today we find the best brand of gin from our completely brand blind gin tasting. The three battling it out in this blind tasting battleground is Bombay Sapphire, Bulldog and Tanqueray all London Dry Gins with a juniper-forward flavor. Unlike the American Gin which tends to be citrus-forward, the London Dry tend to have a dry finish and a bit more juniper-forward flavor yet still can have a citrus botanical. ------ Support CMC: http://patreon.com/cmc Checkout our recipe E-Books: http://homecocktailmenu.com ABOUT Common Man Cocktails (CMC) Common Man Cocktails, inspired by Derrick Schommer's intimidation when opening a cocktail book, is designed to show viewers how to create some of the most common cocktails to advanced crazy cocktails and to look back at the classics of yesterday. Derri...
Bombay Sapphire Global Brand Ambassador Merlin Griffiths shows how to prepare a delicious Bombay Bramble
Bombay Sapphire combines with smooth orange juice and fragrant orange blossom honey syrup, and then elegantly topped with Fever-Tree elderflower tonic water. A coffee bean sugar glass edge provides balance and intrigue. http://distillery.bombaysapphire.com/cocktails/queen-bee
Transcripción del vídeo: Hoy os vamos a enseñar cómo preparar el gin-tonic perfecto, con ginebra Bombay Sapphire, tónica Indi, lima natural y por supuesto mucho hielo. Comenzamos. Cogemos 4 o 5 cubitos de buen hielo, preferentemente de agua destilada y los servimos en la copa para enfriarla. Comenzamos a darles vueltas con la cuchara, hasta que veamos cómo se va enfriando la copa poco a poco. Aquí lo podéis apreciar mejor. Una vez esté lo suficientemente fría, utilizamos un colador de gusanillo como éste o la propia cuchara para tirar el agua generada al enfriar la copa con el hielo. Ahora utilizamos un vaso de chupito o un medidor para servir 0,5 o 0,6 cl de Ginebra, no más. Con esta cantidad es suficiente para preparar un gin-tonic con un sabor equilibrado. Ahora utilizamos un vaso de c...
To celebrate the opening of the Bombay Sapphire Distillery at Laverstoke Mill in 2014, Sam has created this future classic in the making: Bombay Sapphire with Martini Bianco, Bottlegreen elderflower cordial, lime wedges then topped it off with Fever-Tree ginger ale. http://distillery.bombaysapphire.com/cocktails/the-laverstoke
You--beloved
Were to me--everything
That love stood for
To love one another for awhile
Was enough--
It was all that I lived for
How can I go on without you
How can I go on--without you
I tell myself--this time
I'm going to have to--
Move on
Chorus:
It's like
Bombay sapphire
Hey I can take you higher
Whatever you desire
I can mend your heart
It is green
It is aqua marine
It is colors I have never seen
I can see past you--to the white sand...
It is blue
It is not about you
It is all true
You know--who I am
And she says, the sea never changes--not really
It is the constant in my life
I always return here
To the flash of those colors
Through every window
The wind through the night
Here I am dramatic
Here I am not waiting
For the call of the wind
Chorus
It's like purple haze
It's there every day
Its passion never fades
You know what I mean