How do YOU make gin & tonic?

Question

My G&Ts are excellent, IMHO. Here's my recipe. Can you improve this?

Bombay Sapphire kept in freezer at -18C
Cold (fridge) Schweppes tonic water
Ice, a fresh slice of lemon
- maybe 3 big ice cubes in crystal glass
- splurge some serious gin, something like a triple is right
- top up with tonic, freshly cracked minature can is best
- lemon slice gives it a very gentle stir
- NO straw (why do pubs do that???)

Answer 1

some ice cubes. fill with gin, splash of tonic.

Answer 2

gin and tonic

4 to 5 tonic water Ice Cubes (recommended: Schweppes) (see Note)
3 ounces gin (recommended: Plymouth Gin)
4 ounces tonic water (recommended: Schweppes)
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
Lime wedge for garnish

Place the ice cubes in a tall, narrow, chilled glass (the cubes should come near the top.) Add the gin, then the tonic water, then the lime juice, stirring well. Garnish with lime wedge, and serve immediately.
Note: To make the ice cubes, simply fill an empty ice cube tray with tonic water, and let the cubes freeze. It takes just a few hours. Covered well, the cubes will remain fresh-tasting in the freezer for at least a few weeks.

Answer 3

The ice should always go in first. Gin poured over the ice to coat every cube (should be plenty of ice aswell- glass 2 thirds full), pour in tonic and top with a wedge of lime. A 12oz Glass is the perfect size. This ensure the perfect mix everytime.

Answer 4

Take a 12oz/33cl fine rimmed Collins glass.
Fill (all of it, not less) with clear, clean, cubed ice. (Triple frozen mineral water, hand cracked if you can be bothered - see the guys at Milk & Honey, Poland St, London W1 for more info).
Pour::
50ml Premium Gin (My favourite is Zuidam http://www.zuidam.com )
100ml Fevertree Tonic Water (Natural tonic made with icelandic mineral water, costs about as much as a Red Bull!)
2 eighths of lime, cut as 2 sharp wedges
Squeeze both into the glass, using the second lime to wipe lime juice around the rim of the glass.
Stir briefly.
No Straws.
Put your cotton picking feet up and enjoy the warm evening.
That'll be £6.70 please! ;-P
For most mixed drinks my research has found the ideal quantity to be 2:1 - mixer:spirit. Eg: 50ml Spirit to 100ml Mixer in a 12oz glass filled with cubed ice.

Answer 5

Agree with the ice cubes but the mist/spray from a freshly opened bottle of tonic is about as much tonic as is necessary! Must away to freshen my glass now.
Cheers

Answer 6

The recipe looks good, with two changes,it would be perfect!
It should be Gordon's Gin and a measure of 1 gin to four tonic.
Served outside on a Summers Evening by gently lapping waves
also helps!!

Answer 7

I don't drink gin & tonic, but the husband of one of my colleagues, rubs a piece of lemon around the rim of the glass after it's been poured, which is a nice touch.

Answer 8

It isn't 'how' one makes a gin & tonic thats important, It's when.

The day must have been scorching, the sun must be well over the yardarm and you must never drink them alone.

and I don't drink G&Ts in pubs as you only get a little dribble of gin and pay the earth for it.

Answer 9

actually, I never could stand the taste of gin. It reminds me of pine trees. Yuuck! the reason they don't give you straws in bars is because if you drank it with a straw, you would get drunk faster, as most of the alcohol goes to the bottom. They give you little stirers with a narrow hollow middle so you can stir your drink when it starts to get watered down from the ice.The narrow middle allows you to suck it like a straw if you wish, but you are not getting as much as you would with a straw.

Answer 10

Nah, I am more a quantity lady, I'll drink anything, but I do like a large gin now and then cut with vodka and a dad of ice or not. Don't have time for all that fecking about

Answer 11

Yes.two slugs of gin, one slug of tonic, a slice of lemon and two ice cubes.