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Yep, I love gin. Beefeater is fine, Tanqueray maybe a little finer, but I'm not too fussy. Tonic is optional, but very pleasant. Sure does hit the spot in this fuggin heat. I love snow.

Yep, G&T good stuff. Like Gordon's Beefeater good too. Gin sours not bad either.

BCR

Bombay and tonic, with lime. Only after the temp's have hit 80. That would run May to Sept. The remainder of the year is Henry McKenna, ice and a splash of water.

G&T has been the "default" summer drink in my family since I can remember. My parents would have one each night in summertime when Dad got home from work. Dad's gin was Gilbey's, which is adequate. Tanqueray is my preferred G&T poison for camping trips, when the smell of the spruces is strong enough that you need that extra juniper kick that only Tanqueray provides. Bombay Sapphire makes the best G&T's and martinis under more civilized conditions.

G&T's are best served with a wedge of lime over mineral water ice cubes with Schweppes tonic water preferable over Canada Dry, and of course should be drunk on the patio or deck.

Yum. Maybe if the thunderstorms hold off tonight I'll do exactly that!

A lot of you boys go through a lot of frikken effort just to get a buzz! Whatever happened to taking a shot of liquor from your jug!!


Bunch of snobs!...grin

May be coming to Bethesda for an interview next month and you can buy me one!!!!

My pleasure. 40 minutes from my office, tops!

Wellllll..... I'm not sayin' I'm above doin that also...


But that first sip of a perfect G&T on the patio after a long, hot day is simply glorious.

You buy the drinks and I will pick up dinner! Deal?

Will know something in a week or so.

DWM

My mainstays are whiskey/rocks and gin/tonic. I don't drink much else when it comes to hard liquor. Bombay Sapphire and diet tonic with a lime wedge is hard to beat in the summertime and it doesn't pack a lot of calories. Old timers claim drinking gin will keep the skeeters off of you.

i'll drink anything, but the g&t is a great cool-me-down drink in hot weather. gin is my favorite though. i'll put any brand in tonic, but when i drink those xxtra dry martinis, i only use the good stuff.

-ken

G+T is great this time of year. Bombay Sapphire is the ingredient of choice. Of course, Sapphire on the rocks does if for me as well.

George

Bourbon, splash of water for higher proofs and an ice cube.

If we're moving in that direction, make mine a Makers Mark (neat).

George

Ditto!!

G&T is great on a hot day.

I like them when it is 80+ degrees. Bombay and lime are preferred, but yesterday it was Tanguery, or how ever that green bottle is spelled, as a change of pace. My BIL prefers Tang, but I found I didn't. Below 80 degrees its Myers Dark Rum or Wild Turkey on the rocks.

When it comes to gin the only drink I've had was tanquery and o.j..
And then I think I made a pig of my self. I think I burped pine needles for two days. It's been a while might have to try the g&t. Fav thirst quencher around here is Mich Golden light from the freezer on a 20 minute rotation. Twenty min. keeps it just at the starting to slush point.

Old friend passed on recently. He was an old Asia hand. He had some of the best single malts I've ever seen, but seldom drank them. Whenever he came to visit all he'd ask for was gin and water. I sure like gin, but gin and water... Before we got old and acquired a (thin)veneer of respectability, my brother and I used to pass time at the local (any local would do) in the summertime drinking gin and beer. Gotta try that again sometime.