Gin - just what the doctor ordered; As Christmas revellers swirl their clinking glasses of gin and tonic in seasonal celebration, Peter Elson learns of this popular drink's other, more earthy, use.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | December 12, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Peter Elson

WAS ever there a drink that came with so many contradictory images and controversial reputations as gin?

When the good Dutch doctor Franciscus Sylvius invented the "king of drinks" some four centuries ago, did he realise what was being unleashed on the world?

With an undiminished popularity, millions of gallons of gin (and its close sibling, schnapps) will be enjoyed by many this Christmas across the world.

It powered the jazz age's array of cocktails - Martini, gin fizz, gimlet, maiden's prayer, orange blossom, ...

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