Never tried Gin before

PlacidCasual said:
Nothing wrong with Schweppe
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Except like most soft drinks nowadays it's full of sweeteners. Yuck. I can taste the difference between sweeteners and non-sweeteners pretty easily. Heck,, my girlfriend can smell the difference even with coke and diet coke!

Ordering a g&t in a bar is a minefield because of this, it has to be Fever Tree or nothing unfortunately. (Unless they have some uber independent craft tonic etc)

Also a big fan of a stronger ratio. 2 parts mixer to 1 part gin is good,I think!
 
Big glass, loads of ice. Double measure and 1 small can of tonic is about right. Fever tree aromatic is a lovely tonic.
 
Ginger ale with gin is a favourite of mine.

Bombay Sapphire is my go to gin. I've been to visit their distillery nearby. Not really liked other local ones.
 
a lot of my friends drink gin, i kept drinking it and really didnt see the appeal. in fact i found it awful. turns out i didnt like tonic water and gin was actually lovely. try with lemonade too.
 
One-third gin to two-thirds tonic. Put the lot in the fridge and don't bother with ice.

If you find you hate tonic, try a different mixer that has been mentioned. :)
 
I drank a bottle neat as a young man. I recall it tested like perfume, I also recall being quite ill. It wasn't an experience I enjoyed or have repeated since over the next 30 odd years.
 
Grab a pint glass.

Grab hold of some ice cold cider and fill the glass.

Take the bottle of gin and place back in the cupboard.

Enjoy the cider
 
Scam said:
Except like most soft drinks nowadays it's full of sweeteners. Yuck. I can taste the difference between sweeteners and non-sweeteners pretty easily. Heck,, my girlfriend can smell the difference even with coke and diet coke!
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If you want cheap tonic without sweeteners the cheapest is Waitrose Essentials. It's cheaper the Schweppes.
 
chroniclard said:
Mix with Fever tree tonic, at a push Schweppes tonic. Big glass, double shot, lots of tonic, big ice.
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With mixers, I guess that it comes down to personal preference or taste, I drink vodka and tonic, and the only tonic I’ll have is Schweppes, plus a reasonable amount if ice.
If Schweppes is unavailable, I’ll drink neat vodka just with ice.
I’ve been to parties where the vodka has run out, and I’ve switched to gin, but only if Schweppes tonic is available.
The unusual thing for me is that I eschew the wedge of citrus fruit with vodka and tonic, but I like a wedge of lime if I go on gin and tonic, no accounting for changes of taste I guess.
Gin is not, (to me), an unpleasant taste, but it doesn’t appeal as a neat drink, unlike bourbon, rye and Canadian whiskies, all of which I find excellent on their own, and occasionally with ice.
 
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