― 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