Gin and Tonic
The Gin and Tonic is a herbal highball made with Gin and Tonic Water. It is built and served in a highball glass, about 12% ABV before ice melts.
- Method
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Served
- Highball
- Strength
- About 12% ABV before ice melts
- Family
- Highball
- Flavour
- Herbal & floral
- Listed in
- Difford's Guide Hall of Fame
Ingredients
- 50mlGin
- 120mlTonic Water
How to make it
- Fill a chilled highball glass with ice and pour in the gin.
- Top up with tonic water and stir once, gently, to keep the fizz.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
Tip: Fill the glass right to the top with ice so the drink stays cold without watering down fast.
About the Gin and Tonic
Born in British India, where officers made their bitter anti-malarial quinine tonic easier to drink with gin, sugar and lime. Bottled tonic water arrived in 1870 and the pairing has been built the same way ever since.
Missing something?
- No Gin? Use Old Tom Gin (Sweeter and rounder, so cut the syrup a little)
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