The Best Gin and Tonic
Hi Friends, do you love cocktails? With the holidays fast approaching and Thanksgiving only a day away I thought I’d share one of my favorites – the best Gin and Tonic!
G & T is one of my favorite cocktails. I probably say this about all the recipes I’ve shared with you – Pimm’s and Lemonade click here and Moscow Mules click here.
Well, gin and tonic is one of my favorites.
I think I attach it to a memory.
Luke and I had been dating for a year. He was based in England and I was based in the US. It was the summer before we started our Masters at Bristol and I went away with his whole family to France. We rented a villa with a pool and after a sun-shiny day relaxing by the pool we’d sip G & Ts and eat roasted peanuts with other “picky bits” before a grilled dinner.
It was fabulous.
I would love to recreate this trip with our boys in tow someday. Our trip to Spain got close, but we didn’t have many G & Ts there, instead I was mixing up Sangria and Margaritas for the Driscoll women.
Ah, anyway, this is a really, really easy recipe. Really the best kind when you’re hosting for Thanksgiving or Christmas but it is also a great Saturday-date-night-on-the-couch cocktails too.
Here’s the recipe:
- Crushed Ice
- Two Counts Hendrick’s Gin
- Four Counts Tonic Water
- Garnished with Cucumber
- Fill your glass up with crushed ice.
- Pour two counts of Hendrick’s Gin
- Top with tonic water (I like Schweppes Diet Tonic Water).
- Garnish with cucumber. For the garnish, I thinly slice cucumber and fold onto a bamboo tooth pick.
- Voila and ready to serve!
Hendrick’s Gin is completely different from any other gin. It’s made in small batches and infused with rose and cucumber. Garnishing with the cucumber brings out the stunning flavor of this gin.
See how cute they look? I think it would also be fun to put some cranberries on their too.
We’ll be enjoying these pre turkey tomorrow.
I hope you’ll try out my Gin and Tonic recipe and share with family and friends.
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Gin & Tonic is a favorite drink of my husband and I too. I usually purchase the Bombay Sapphire Gin, only because I love collecting the beautiful blue glass bottles they come in. I’ll have to try the Hendrick’s Gin. Have a great Thanksgiving, Danielle.
I’m a fan of Hendrick’s, too! I’ve been making with G&T’s with Fever Tree tonic lately (the light version). It has a great flavor, definitely worth a try!
I have recently tried Hendrick’s Gin and I shave a long ribbon of cucumber with a vegetable peeler. It’s my new favorite!
And how was your Thanksgiving? Hope was all you would have liked it to be. Is it getting cold up there? From photos you have shared and others have seen it looks to be quite beautiful up there. How interesting to hear about a superb G&T. Have never had one but would certainly love to try. We’re not much for drinking anymore since both of us take meds that shouldn’t be accompanied by liquor. Doggone it as I love my margaritas. Did have occasion to have couple small ones at Chili’s recently. After not having had anything to drink for… Read more »