what gin for a great gin and tonic???

[ducati_EL34]

Look for a quality Gin, 90 proof or higher.

 

[KarinS]

Here's my sister's Gin & Tonic recipe:

1 ½ shots (1 shot = 1.5 ounces) gin
1 ½ shots fresh-squeezed lime juice

Pour into highball glass. Add:
3 - 4 ice cubes

Fill highball glass to the top with:

Fever-Tree Indian tonic water (Fever-Tree is the secret to making this drink great!)

She has her own lime tree, which she calls her 'gin and tonic' tree.

 

[highvoltage_]

Here's my sister's Gin & Tonic recipe:

1 ½ shots (1 shot = 1.5 ounces) gin
1 ½ shots fresh-squeezed lime juice

Pour into highball glass. Add:
3 - 4 ice cubes

Fill highball glass to the top with:

Fever-Tree Indian tonic water (Fever-Tree is the secret to making this drink great!)

She has her own lime tree, which she calls her 'gin and tonic' tree.

Sounds like a Gin Rickey.

 

[KarinS]

Sounds like a Gin Rickey.

Whatever it is, it's good.

 

[squirrelnest]

Not gin....but this will do the job!

 

[Bushikan]

A wine / cocktails enthusiast / critic I know told me never to put good booze in the freezer. She said only to freeze the mediocre-shelf stuff. Makes it taste better. Whereas, freezing the really good stuff screwed with its perfect chemistry / taste.

Whatever, now I chill the shaker and glasses. And, because of her, I almost always stir rather than shake—so as not to bruise the booze.

Cheers!

 

[Bushikan]

Not gin....but this will do the job!

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Now all you need is some Barry White, a cheerleader, and the back seat of your dad’s sedan.

 

[KarinS]

A wine / cocktails enthusiast / critic I know told me never to put good booze in the freezer. She said only to freeze the mediocre-shelf stuff. Makes it taste better. Whereas, freezing the really good stuff screwed with its perfect chemistry / taste.

Whatever, now I chill the shaker and glasses. And, because of her, I almost always stir rather than shake—so as not to bruise the booze.

Cheers!

I would never put whiskey in the freezer; only vodka and Slivovitz, which taste better ice cold.

 

[audiotemp]

A wine / cocktails enthusiast / critic I know told me never to put good booze in the freezer.

It is good advice, for top-shelf stuff, not to put it in the freezer and also not to use for mixing. Both for the same reason---that you're ruining (or at least degrading) the experience.

For the mediocre-shelf (I like your term), the refrigerator is probably cold enough, if you want it cold. But I admit there is an appeal to frozen as well, although iI think it may be relative lack of taste and smell rather than actual "improvement."

 

[KarinS]

In that recipe I posted above, I forgot to mention that my sister used 'Boodles Gin'. She called it oodles of Boodles.

 

[usedto]

Not gin....but this will do the job!

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Fred Sanford's drink - Strawberry and Ripple,

"Strawberry Champipple"

 

[Charlie207]

I've been a big fan of Barr Hill gins.