Gin and Tonic fans? What's up with tonic water these days?

[bigtiller]

I tried Gin when I was 16 and thought it tasted awful. An out of state visitor likes martinis so I bought some Gin several years ago. I tried it again and still don't like it....and green olives are awful too.

They both went into the trash after visitor went home.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I have always wanted to try the tonic syrup and mix my own tonic water from our soda stream. I think you could get the ratio just right to suit your taste. The cheap stuff is full of high fructose corn syrup.

 

[N80]

Huh, I thought they just boiled down pine trees to get that flavor

Juniper! Which is some kind of conifer I think. So pretty much boiled down pine tree. Which is the main thing you get with Gilby's and Gordon's. If you don't like it you can always clean the floors with it.

 

[N80]

I tried Gin when I was 16 and thought it tasted awful. An out of state visitor likes martinis so I bought some Gin several years ago. I tried it again and still don't like it....and green olives are awful too.

They both went into the trash after visitor went home.

To be honest I don't like gin by itself. I didn't like Martinis when I was younger but came to find out that was probably because of the Vermouth, which was usually old and stale. I like a Martini with a good fresh vermouth if it isn't crazy dry. I like the traditional mix of 2 parts gin and one part vermouth. I prefer it shaken too because that waters it down a little.

But agree, straight up gin isn't all that great to me.

 

[ultrarunner]

Martinis are popular with my advanced age friends but they are very particular with all in friends including the onion stuffed olive!

One has an open bar at 5 each night and friends, mostly retired military drop by.

Maybe popular because it was invented here?

Martini (cocktail) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Torvy]

Martinis are popular with my advanced age friends but they are very particular with all in friends including the onion stuffed olive!

One has an open bar at 5 each night and friends, mostly retired military drop by.

Maybe popular because it was invented here?

Martini (cocktail) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

One of my old man, 'get off my lawn' items is the modern habit of calling anything served in a martini glass a "martini". Back in the day, if you swapped the olive for a cocktail onion, it was a Gibson. If you put it in a rocks glass, it was still a Gibson.

 

[ultrarunner]

One of my old man, 'get off my lawn' items is the modern habit of calling anything served in a martini glass a "martini". Back in the day, if you swapped the olive for a cocktail onion, it was a Gibson. If you put it in a rocks glass, it was still a Gibson.

Never a partaker… always the designated driver my role.

If the drink has a olive speared by a toothpick and inside the olive is filled with onion it’s a Gibson?

I remember lots of Early Times on the rocks with 7up…

Then there were also the Manhattens…

I first bartended at age 8 at my uncles wedding… everyone said I poured a good drink… a couple of ice cubes and half Early Times bourbon and half 7up…

 

[tacticalturnip]

Once upon a time, I was a Tanqueray guy. Wife bought me a bottle of "10" for our 10th Anny.

I started out with Bombay Sapphire, then when I found 10 that became my go-to.

Occasionally I would pick up a bottle of Cold River; it's local, so I don't know where it is available, but any of you folks that still drink ought to give it a shot. Makes for an excellent G&T.

Cold River

Built from the ground up with our own farm-raised potatoes and water from Maine's Cold River, our handcrafted gluten-free traditional gin promises pure enjoyment.

www.coldrivervodka.com

 

[Torvy]

I started out with Bombay Sapphire, then when I found 10 that became my go-to.

Occasionally I would pick up a bottle of Cold River; it's local, so I don't know where it is available, but any of you folks that still drink ought to give it a shot. Makes for an excellent G&T.

Cold River

Built from the ground up with our own farm-raised potatoes and water from Maine's Cold River, our handcrafted gluten-free traditional gin promises pure enjoyment.

www.coldrivervodka.com

I wouldn't say I drink, but I don't 'not drink'. It can aggravate the gout, so it's occasional only. My wife has 1 or 2 almost nightly. She prefers bourbon (Manhattans).

 

[Torvy]

Never a partaker… always the designated driver my role.

If the drink has a olive speared by a toothpick and inside the olive is filled with onion it’s a Gibson?

I remember lots of Early Times on the rocks with 7up…

Then there were also the Manhattens…

I first bartended at age 8 at my uncles wedding… everyone said I poured a good drink… a couple of ice cubes and half Early Times bourbon and half 7up…

I'm not sure, but if it was common practice, there was a name. Variants would get an adjective like Dirty Martini.

Now they make drinks with Vodka or Gin, no vermouth and no olive. "It's a chocolate martini". No it's not. It's chocolate milk with vodka.