I learned to drink gin and tonic 58 years ago while living in Manila as a malaria preventative. I did not get malaria, so it must have worked! I had gotten away from that until I made Web friends with an English lady who invited me to join her having "a g&t". Five hours difference`between where I live and Northern England so it was noon at my house, but I figured why rhe hell not, joined her and have never looked back! Thankfully, we do not do that often! LOL! A fun video! Thanks and subscribed!
Ha! The thing I’ve taken from this is everyone does it differently! This is ours: Glasses: Waterford Crystal Highballs, bought in Ireland on holiday. Ice: about half fill each glass. Lime: I cut a garnish from a small, very green one and squeeze the juice, dividing it between the two. Gin: Plymouth. Because we like it, but mainly because it’s supporting local industry. :) (We live in Devon) Also Sainsbury’s regularly sell it at £20 a bottle, down from £26! I know how much to pour, but did measure once out of interest, and it’s about 50ml. Tonic: We’ve graduated to Fever Tree over the years, usually the light or Mediterranean, and I buy the little cans, one for each drink, which is just enough. This is part of our Friday night ritual, which we’ve been doing for about 30 years now. Cheers!
Sorry coming to this video late. Alton Brown had a suggestion a few years ago that I have followed religiously during the warm months: Make ice cubes from the tonic. Your G & T won't be watered down as it melts. And my personal preference is a lime wedge.
Your reaction upon taking your first sip is me every single time. A G&T is especially refreshing on a really hot day.....Absolutely nothing hits the spot better. A mojito is a close second though
For most gins, I use 2 oz of gin and 3 oz of Fever Tree Tonic with 5 ice cubes. I prefer lemon as a garnish with gin. I use a rock glass. The smaller amount in the glass keeps it from getting too diluted before you finish the G&T. I have to try the lemon and orange combo. Keep the videos coming. Thx!
I took a break from my gin and tonic for a while. I have been exploring store bought moonshine. Just yesterday however I thought I would check out what other flavors of moonshine were available another grocery store. I wasn't impressed. Then I thought to myself why not get a bit of gin and tonic, so I did. I chose a great tried and true Tanquary (it was on sale). I picked up a couple of bottles of flavored tonic water one orange and the other was lime. I have to say I am glad I did. I had a gin and orange tonic tonight and it hit the spot. CHEERS!
just started drinking gin i have just been using a pint and fulling it with ice to about 1 quarter then cover the ice with gin squeeze all the juice out of 1/4 of lemon and fill to the top with tonic water
For me it's a pint glass with lots of chunky slow melting ice, Schweppes and 3 slices of lime. I like Schweppes because its cheaper, comes in a litre bottle and a taste I enjoy.
Recently I've been making mine in a highball glass, filled with ice, 40 ml of Malfy Con Limone, 2 dashes of The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters, filled with either Fever Tree or Fentimans, and a slice of lime. Absolutely wonderful.
I made one last night, I used beefeater Gin and just any tonic water. Then, I squeezed in a like slice, and added frozen quarted strawberries, which gave a slight sweet strawberry flavor once it thawed
Bobby my friend,well done on how YOU make a g-n-t,mine is this way,12oz glass,5 large ice cubes,3.5 oz of Tanqueray,then I put in tonic all most to the top,then I drop in a lime,then a wee bit more tonic,sip and enjoy,cheers.
Since you like beefeater so much surprised you haven’t done the blackberry one seems no one has on RU-vid, would be interested to see how it is, carry on with the good work and all the best, cheers bobby freeman
Hey BenisALad01 ! It’s funny you should say that as I was trying to find some today but it seemed to be sold out everywhere I went. Don’t worry, I’ll find some though. Watch this space 👍
Fever Tree is, by far, my favorite tonic. I absolutely love the addition of the Mexican Bitter Orange. I do, however, tend to use it solely with the more citrus-forward gins. For others, like Aviation, I actually prefer a more neutral tonic so as not to hide or clash with the more unusual botanical notes.
I think the extra little bit of gin the sorta like the angels share. Gin and tonic has to have a citrus juice in it otherwise it's just bad. I love lime juice in it or lemon sour. I need to add grapefruit juice on the next one
Fever Tree is my favorite tonic as well! Your presentations are a joy to watch, I can truly appreciate your passion for gin. It actually wasn't until just the past five years or so, that I really developed a love and appreciation for gin. Two of my favourites, are Tanqueray and Hendrick's.
Love the enthusiasm. Never thought of trying lemon and orange peel. I will try. I usually use lime. But I use Calamansi fruit now. Small orange lime like fruit. I grow them in my home.
When comparing the size/volume of the ice when it was first put into the glass vs when the first sip happened, close to half the ice has melted! Chilled Tonic and gin from the freezer (when using standard gin like Tanq or an everyday bottle you leave in the freezer) solves that, as does using an insulated tumbler like a YETI style.
Watching this about a year after you posted it. Great channel and videos. So your going 1 part gin to 8 ish parts tonic. I normally go 1 to 3 but I’m not using tanqueray 10. I know it has a higher proof then my normal tanqueray
Super great video! I just have some other opinions with the proportions of the GT. With a 3cl (1 ounce) pour I find that the gin flavours get lost in a 200 ml pour of tonic and I often use smaller tonic bottles with 200 ml in them soo I go for a 5 or 6 cl pour if I want to explore a new gin ofcourse. But if its bloody hot outside (which it never is in sweden...) I love myself a less strong GT! I will stop tormenting you with this wall of text, love your videos and keep up the good work!
thank you for the video... Tang and tonic allways reminds me of spring time... but, I use lime...I am looking forward to trying org and lemon... thank you man.
Love the enthusiasm Bobby ! Also great fan of FT. Tanqueray Ten for me works beautifully with grapefruit actually. Its one of its botanicals and bringing it forward with a grapefruit peel works like a charm. Nice tumble you got there. For me regarding the glass, as long as its wide enough so that when you are drink it it will release all those aroma's its fine. Was drinking in my youth in a highball ( like anyone else :) ) but I find it too narrow. As with wine you need to experience the aroma's when drinking gin and a narrow highball just doesn't do it for me. Merry Christmas.
Great video as always Bobby. I quite like my G&T strong so for me an absolute maximum ratio of 2:1 (for some gins I even go 1:1) I learned something very interesting recently about the importance of the glass. It was always my thought that a G&T should be served in a large 'fishbowl' style glass but apparently this is the worst type of glass as it has such a large opening that the ice will melt far more quickly. Long tall and thin glass filled with ice will ensure maximum cooling and minimal melting :)
But then there's also the factor of your hand warming the glass as you hold it which it does more than you think. A fishbowl type of glass can be held by the stem to avoid this.
For the glass i use a Collins in my gin tonic, for the garnish I use a Rosemary Stick for mediterranean gins and a lime slice for other gins but I'll absolutely try the double peel garnish, is very intresting
Here is a tip on how to back-calculate your free-pours: put your serving glass (containing whatever ingredients you have already added) on accurate kitchen scales; zero the scales; do the free pour. The number of milligrams on the readout is equal to the number of milliliters that you poured (accurate for most liquids as most have a specific gravity of close to 1.0). You can do this for each ingredient as you add them.
Everyone knows the lime is vastly superior to the lemon. The best gin and tonic is in a tall glass (a double) with beefeater and half a lime with pulp. Canada Dry used to be my choice of tonics, but now it fever tree light. Ice should be all the way to the top.
Disagree on the glassware. With any drink glassware is important. A balloon glass for a G&T means you can hold it by the stem so as not to transfer your body heat from your hand to the glass and warm your drink up
G&T is one cocktail that requires perfect measurements. Too much or too less of any one ingredient will ruin it. A 8-10 oz. cocktail glass filled 2/3rds full with cubed ice, 1 1/2 oz of gin, 3 oz tonic, a wedge of lime squeezed and dropped into the cocktail.
Hey Bobby! Enjoy your channel so much. Just subscribed today and really enjoy your vids. I would like to suggest you try Jack Rudy's Classic Tonic Syrup. It definitely cranks the GNT up to 11! I like Fever Tree as well as other craft tonics but, JRCT is worth looking into! Give it a try ! It would make a great vid! Thanks.
Hey Michael! Welcome to my channel! Glad to have you onboard and so glad you enjoy my videos. I’ll def heck out Rudy Jacks. I’m googling it as we speak! Thanks for the tip 👍👍
I know you must get asked to try loads of Gin, could you please try Caorunn Gin, Handcrafted Premium Scottish Gin, yes I know Scottish Gin doesn't sound right, however I think you may be pleasantly surprised. This is my favourite tipple of an evening.
Hey Socrates ! You’re right I do get asked for a lot of gins but I shall add it to the list! Please be patient though as the list of getting incredibly long! 😊glad to have you on board!
I tend to make mine as follows. I like either a Collins or an Old-Fashioned glass, mainly as I like the smaller sizes of those over a regular larger pint-sized glass. Add ice to the top, pour in gin to around 1/4 to 1/3 of the glass. I rarely use a jigger for a G&T. Top off with tonic and add the garnish of choice. I've been experimenting with a orange wedge lately.
That fat wine glass is new, this drink was classically a highball and drank as a nice long drink for hot climates like India. It also took off in America which has very humid summers, especially the farther south you get.
Naa, I use 2 to 5, lime, I don’t like Fever tree, too busy and too expensive. I use Canada Dry. I drink mine from a stainless steel insulated barrel mug. I have developed a taste for Bombay Safire but have used Beefeater, Tanqury and recently Plymouth (from your videos). So put that in your pipe and smoke it 😊
Thanks for the video. I'll try Orange and lemon peel next time. I have a question. You gave advice on how to make a G&T. However, when you make your gin tastings, you don't follow it. You don't use ice and you don't measure the amounts of gin and tonic. And judging by the eye, the ratio seems to be rather 1:1 or 1:2. Why that difference?
Very good question. It’s simply because I want to taste more of the gin in order to convey the flavours to you. I wouldn’t usually drink it that strong but I find it useful to have an intense blast of flavours when filming. The reason I don’t use I’ve is some times I have to do quite a few takes and the I’ve ends up meeting too much, especially in the summer when it is VERY hot in my apartment! Hope that makes sense ! 😊
30ml of gin and 200ml of tonic, that is roughly 1:6. Isnt that a bit "weaker" than normal? I see many recipes use the 1:3 ratio. (I'm pretty new to the GT world, trying to get as many tips as i can)
Gin freezes at about -27C ... lower than most freezers can reach. But you wouldn't want to to make gin ice-cubes anyway because they would change the drink ratio as they melted, and the portion that didn't melt would be wasted. What is most relevant is the temperature ... not whether the ingredient is solid or liquid. So, making your G&T using gin that is stored in your fridge (or even better, your freezer) is a good way to start your drink off at a lower temperature. You could, of course, make G&T ice-cubes, but it'd be a waste of gin they didn't completely melt, and the tonic water contributed would be flat.
Seeing him as hype as he was really makes me wonder if he loves the taste of the gin that can make him kiss the bottle or the way it makes him feel, honest curiosity
@@nononsensegindrinking5152 I wish it was sold in 1.75L bottles, and that I could find the other Hayman's gin styles, the royal dock, the gently rested, etc., The old tom is the only one I can find anywhere close to me here in New England, and it's one of only two old toms I can find, the other being Ransom old tom.
Would you suggest the Tanqueray 10 or Beefeater 24 for my next bottle and I guess my next suggestion would be which would be best suited for a gin and tonic? I assume the Tanqueray 10 being that’s what you’re using but I have to ask
If you really want to taste the gin, I always use unflavored carbonated water/soda water/sparkling water/club soda. Whatever you want to call it. And really experience the flavor of the gin uninterrupted by sugars or other ingredients you find in tonic water. Now a good old gin and tonic is nice but for a high end gin I like to experience every bit it can offer.
You asked for people's comments so at the risk of sounding like a miserable bastard here's mine 😂. All down to personal preference obviously but always 3 to 1. 30ml of gin to 200ml of tonic is one very weak drink. I'm too lazy to measure out my tonic hence the reason I always buy my fevertree in cans (even though it does work out slightly more expensive). One double shot 50ml to 1 fevertree can 150ml. I find this to be the perfect gin and tonic (for me) and if diluted anymore you really loose the taste of the gin, just my opinion obviously. The only exception to this is when I drink one of my favourite gins, da mhile seaweed gin in which case I pour a single shot purely because it has such a strong flavour. There...... I'm done 😂
