― suzy, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
My personal favorite is Tanqueray export, weighing in at a hefty 47.5%. You must keep it in the freezer.
You need a tall wide glass and a lot of ice, and a lime.
fill the glas with ice. cut the lime into quarters, Puncture one quarter with a fork and squeeze over the ice. Quarter 2 should be wiped round the rim of the glass, the other two quaters should be tossed in the glass.
Pour a stout measure of gin over the ice. Top up with tonic, there is no other apart from schweppes.
Proportions are to taste but you must be able to taste the gin. There should be a juniper aroma as your nose passes over the glass.
― Ed, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― toby, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aimless, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― bc, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ron, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― katie, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― toby, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, gin + FANTA LIMON = rar! As for brands of tonic water well I supose it's gotta be SCHWEPPES but I don't really know of any others. Perhaps that water bar that opened in NYC would be better placed to advise.
― Sarah, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RickyT, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
but anyway pimm's!! i associate it with elitism and posh ppl who i didn't get on with all that well in cambridge but christ it's a great summertime drink. also it's quite fun pretending yr posh sometimes viz the only time i've had it this year when i also played croquet for the first time (actually i'm not sure this counts cos loads of ppl there were properly posh, but i was just pretending, anyway).
i think i might just have to nip downstairs and see if there's any pimm's in my dad's drinks cupboard. i am on holiday = i can drink at lunchtime, surely?
― Alan T, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― suzy, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― suzy, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― adam, Sunday, 7 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
anyway, what i really want to talk about is hendrick's gin:
http://www.hendricksgin.com/main.html
which seems to have only one mention on ilx so far:
The Wine Thread -- what have you been drinking?
anna gave me a bottle for my birthday and it made easily the nicest g+t's i've ever had; i think i'm going to have to buy myself another bottle later (although i fear it will be costly). has anyone else tried it?
― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 13:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Neither compares to Bombay Sapphire, though.
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 13:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Gordon's or Tanqueray is best for G&T.
Bombay Sapphire is too smoth for G&T. Tonic overpowers it. Saphhire is, however, excellent for martinis.
― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aimless The Unlogged, Tuesday, 24 August 2004 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link
I've tried Schweppes, Canada Dry(too citrus-y), Safeway house brand and Superstore house brand tonic, and I like the latter best. It's got the best quinine to citrus ratio for my taste, and comes at the exciting price of 2.49 for 12 cans!
I've been drinking a lot of straight tonic and lime when drinking hasn't been possible, and it's just as refreshing.
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 04:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, tonic and lime is a great drink to have when you're in a situation where you can't have alcohol for whatever reason.
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, ever noticed that gin (or maybe its the tonic?) glows under UV lights? I used to drink gin a lot at goff clubs and my drink was always glowing this spooky iridescent white. Tres cool!
― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
The UV glow of the gin is helpful for locating your drink in said clubs.
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 06:55 (nineteen years ago) link