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How do you drink your gin-tonic?
So I am trying gin-tonic for the first time in my life, and after a cozy and educational chat at the liquor store, I went home with Fever-Tree tonic and (the regular) Tanqueray. First impression: not bad!! I have never had tonic before and am really surprised about its very perfumed smell. I don't have icecubes at the moment which I know is a loss, and I haven't added garnish. How do you drink your gin-tonic? With/without icecubes? Garnish? PS: I am a sweet-tooth, so this drink is a challenge for me. What can I do to make it sweeter, or even add a bit of fruity taste? Apr 14 15 01:58 pm Link I replaced the gin with Stoly, and pour the gin down the drain.  Apr 14 15 03:17 pm Link It's a wonderful summer afternoon drink. On the rocks--with ice, that is, for foreigners--in a tall glass. Unlike vodka, which is intended to have no flavor, gin is flavored by juniper berries. I love gin. And have been known to drink tonic water without gin. Love the tart taste. Have fun! Apr 14 15 03:35 pm Link Try adding a little bit of lime juice. And, as RBD said above, a little ice-cold tonic without gin and a bit of lime (my contribution) is really quite refreshing on a hot day. Apr 14 15 03:40 pm Link RINALDI wrote: Try several different tonic waters, some are sweeter than others. Garnish w/sweet fruits. Apr 14 15 03:42 pm Link I prefer vodka tonic at home but I'll order gin and tonic at a bar every time, it's kind of become my drink. Good gin is a must. I'm never on the good ($30+) vodka train because it is rare anyone drinks it straight but gin is downright disgusting when it is cheap. Good gin, try different tonic waters and if you really want the sweet element use simple syrup you can keep in your fridge for months. One ice cube in mine if the gin has been in the freezer and tonic water is cold. Three if they are warm. Lime is a must. A MUST. Apr 14 15 04:05 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: Chuckles. That's what my landlord (boss) said when I tended bar in the U.K. Apr 14 15 04:08 pm Link Lohkee wrote: I can't even imagine it without lime. It's just plain gin and tonic. It's not even a drink! Apr 14 15 04:10 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: My landlord's language was considerably more colorful than yours, but I can safety say the two of you are in complete agreement. Apr 14 15 04:18 pm Link Beefeater is a big brand here. We use calamansi which is a lot like lime. Think I'll have one today. It is summer here in the Philippines and a good drink to get out of the heat. Cheers. Apr 14 15 05:38 pm Link With hopes the OP will forgive me--I have no intent to hijack this important thread--here's a link to another beyond great lime flavored drink. For, perhaps, after the summer day gin and tonic. Vodka gimlet. When I googled it, this is the link I found: http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/cock … dka-gimlet Look familiar? RBD Apr 14 15 07:01 pm Link She won't let me lick her..  Apr 14 15 08:40 pm Link I used to drink gin and tonic all the time. With lime, of course. A couple of years ago, in an attempt to lose a bit of weight, I started drinking tonic alone (with lime, of course). It was very pleasant, and I drank a lot of it. Really a lot of it. Until I had an allergic reaction. Keep in mind that tonic, a.k.a. quinine water, has been used medicinally for a century or more. It's got to have some serious juju, and drinking a lot of it can cause problems, as it did for me. The moral of the story is to drink your tonic with gin so you'll pass out before drinking too much of it. Apr 14 15 08:44 pm Link clear spirits are for pikers.  if you need to mix it, you should nix it. i think i drank a few g&t's in college, when it lent a false air of urbanity (i.e., faux sophistication), that distanced itself from the standard swill crowd. ah, the follies of youth.  Apr 14 15 09:05 pm Link As Scotch (single malt), neat with a water back or a nice single barrel bourbon. Never much of a Gin person (plus I'm allergic to juniper). Apr 14 15 09:07 pm Link GK photo wrote: Where did you go to school? Apr 14 15 10:20 pm Link GK photo wrote: Total BS. Not a gin fan, but I'll take a bloody mary or a margarita any ol' day. Neat is for the effete. Apr 14 15 10:33 pm Link kickfight wrote: effete you! Apr 14 15 11:55 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: I will do either, but damn, I love a good top-shelf vodka martini. Apr 15 15 12:00 am Link DougBPhoto wrote: sure, and you drive an astin martin, and holster a .25 beretta (or walther ppk), right? Apr 15 15 12:05 am Link GK photo wrote: PPK Apr 15 15 12:18 am Link kickfight wrote: GK photo wrote: No... effete YOU. GK photo wrote: Ya gotta love a proper bloody mary. Apr 15 15 12:22 am Link kickfight wrote: yeah, but i've literally tried hundreds (or one, from hundreds of places), and that was the only one i'd order a second time. i'd give away the secret ingredient, but i swore an oath of secrecy (to the barkeep, for having divulged it). and he only gave it up after i kept needling him for two hours. Apr 15 15 12:28 am Link GK photo wrote: Just come across with the goods. GK photo wrote: A superior bloody mary doesn't need fancy vodka, agreed on that. Apr 15 15 12:32 am Link kickfight wrote: next time you're in san francisco, go there and get the goods from the man himself. Apr 15 15 12:34 am Link GK photo wrote: OK, fair enough. My wife and I love parking it for a couple days at The Boheme on Columbus now and again for old times' sake (we lived In SF for 2 years after we left Dull-Ass) so we'll hit 'em up. GK photo wrote: Eh, that can be tricky. A slightly-heavy hand can overwhelm the other flavors. Apr 15 15 12:37 am Link kickfight wrote: walk northwest (on columbus), turn right (true north) on mason, and you'll get there in five minutes, or less. Apr 15 15 12:45 am Link GK photo wrote:
GK photo wrote: Frankly I'm far less concerned with what they use and more with how well the correct ingredients are combined (ensuring that they don't try to turn it into some kind of damn potable salad Apr 15 15 12:50 am Link Wow, I knew I could leave this thread in good care overnight haha...lots of replies Ok, so drink it cold with cubes, and always with some lime. I also read vodka-tonic somewhere, and loads of bloody mary  Apr 15 15 01:21 am Link Tequila, Crown Royal, Jack Daniel's, Scotch and 7 and some Prince Charles Drambuie, NEVER GIN... Apr 15 15 02:02 am Link I'd rather drink Pine Sol than gin (they taste about the same) and since the danger of my getting malaria is sufficiently low I can safely avoid the awful flavor of tonic water. So my preferred gin and tonic is a vodka martini, straight up with an embarassment of olives please and thank you. Apr 15 15 04:20 am Link I found another way! Not sure how these are called in the US, but they are essentially flavored water that you have to freeze before consumption.  I just used the lemon flavored one instead of cubes, and...this is a really nice drink, soooo different than without cubes/cold lol Apr 15 15 05:28 am Link Hendricks, quality tonic, and a slice of cucumber - or Tanqueray Ten with a slice of lime depending on my mood. Apr 16 15 06:56 am Link I don't drink mixed drinks like this often, but gin & tonic definitely has it's time and place. I like it exactly one way, plain and simple: very cold, on ice in a large glass that's not too narrow, with a slice of lime per ounce of gin. A water glass would work well for me. I'm not a connoisseur of gin, so Tanqueray, Blue Sapphire, etc., works fine for me. Ditto for the tonic. Schweppes or generic is fine. It's a drink I would like on a hot or humid summer day. Maybe in a tropical location, on a veranda, around late afternoon to sunset. In that case, it would be nice to share from an icy pitcher. It's a drink that takes the edge off before going out for dinner after a long grimy day of selling things from a booth at a trade show in a convention center. If it's a convention center drink from one of those roll-around liquor carts, I would ask for three or four and dump them together into something like a medium or large Coke or Pepsi cup. It's a good drink for packing up things in my booth while getting ready to leave for the day. --- If it was a vodka martini, I would be more picky about the vodka and dry vermouth, and the way the drink was constructed. That would also be at a time and place where I could relax and savor my drink and conversation more slowly and intimately. Apr 16 15 02:08 pm Link If gin & tonic was a gun, I would call it a 9mm Glock - it throws a lot of lead down range with moderate to light stopping power. Apr 16 15 02:24 pm Link Tall glass, several ice cubes, two or three lime slices squeezed over the ice, two or three fingers of Tanqueray or Tanqueray Rangpur poured in, and topped with any brand of tonic. Then a lime slice is rubbed on the rim and dropped in the glass. Delicious! Perfect on a hot day. Apr 16 15 02:50 pm Link Click Hamilton wrote: with pleasure, enthusiasm and dedication Apr 16 15 02:51 pm Link scrymettet wrote: Eloquently spoken, Sir. Apr 16 15 09:02 pm Link Click Hamilton wrote:
Apr 16 15 09:15 pm Link BeatnikDiva wrote: way too much effort, for such a pedestrian cocktail. Apr 16 15 09:17 pm Link |
