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Old 11-19-2004, 01:19 PM
KCampbell KCampbell is offline
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Excellent, excellent choice. Absolutely my preferred Gin.

I keep mine in the freezer, and always mix a G&T using the small mixer bottles of Schweppes tonic water. The large bottles tend to go flat too quickly once opened.

I tend to mix mine "long", in a large (chilled) glass. I inherited a 65cc measuring cup from my Father, who spent a lifetime in search of the perfect G&T as a yacht skipper travelling the world. I measure 65cc of Bombay Sapphire to one 8oz (240ml) bottle of Schweppes Tonic Water - that seems to give me the ratio I prefer.

When drinking Bombay Sapphire, or another gin with a large number of botanicals, I find adding lemon or lime is redundant.

We Brits seem to have always favored the G&T to the Martini, it has a lot to do with the circumstances in which the drink is consumed. The Martini to me has always seemed a sophisticated urban drink, ideal for piano bars, whereas the G&T is better suited to outdoor sipping, watching as the sun sets over The Empire

Kevin
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