A Gin named Bombay

I was just getting used to Beefeater when, for my birthday, an enterprising friend presented me with a bottle of Bombay Sapphire, a dry London gin whose spirit is as clear, light, and blue as the sapphire waters of the Maldives. I am not much of a white spirits drinker. But here is a gin whose bottle urgently beckons to be opened and consumed at the earliest.

The gin has nothing to do with Bombay. It is a brand distilled by the Bombay Spirits Company. A subsidiary of Bacardi. The distilling is done at Laverstoke village in the old English county of Hampshire. The Bombay name originates from the Gin and Tonic popularized by the Royal Indian Armed Forces during the Raj. And Sapphire refers to the Star of Bombay 182-carat sapphire mined from Ceylon.

Its history is ancient but the gin is young. It was introduced only in 1986. When our Balasaheb Thackeray was threatening to rename Bombay as Mumbai. Though the bottle’s label says it is made from a 1761 recipe and the gin is vapor infused with hand-selected exotic botanicals. Bombay Sapphire quickly won over millions on the strength of its Martini. I don’t know. I will taste it and tell.

About Mark Manuel

The above thoughts/content has been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. Being interviewing almost every role model of this country and going stronger each day. Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer, and columnist.

With over three decades of journalism in leading publications. This includes the Free Press Journal, Times, Dainik Bhaskar, Mid-Day, and Afternoon. He is famous for his brilliant pen interviews. He himself is a TEDx speaker.

Further

His interviews have been featured in several leading media houses. They include the Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, BBC, and Network 18. Almost every famous person has been interviewed by him in the country from Mother Teresa to Muhammad Ali. His first book is just out. It’s titled Moryaa Re! It is a crime thriller that is perhaps the country’s first police procedural. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his experience and knowledge of this beat.

Several distinguished officers of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch collaborated with him to make this book possible. Amitabh Bachchan wrote the forward in a statement of friendship for Mark Manuel and admiration for his work.

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