No, just whiskey. [She shakes her head as she speaks, then lifts her own glass, and tilts the burgundy-red liquid a bit toward him, without upending the glass entirely.] And this is brandy. For all that I made those gins, my real drink of choice is brandy.

[She knocks back most of her drink in one long draught.] The gin just went best with the rose flavors, of everything I had tried. [But she also doesn't hate gin, and also it was strong either way, so who really cares?]

Is this one of your preferred bars?

[She's curious - she has her preferred dive bars, but none of them are anywhere near the docks. Who knows if this one is actually... better than it seems.]