Gin & Tonic
ClassicIBA OfficialGin, tonic, and a wedge of lime. Effortless.
Crisp, dry, and aromatic. London dry gin's juniper and citrus botanicals meet the clean bitterness of quinine tonic, with a squeeze of lime brightening every sip. Effervescent and bracingly refreshing — the definition of a clean drink.
Ingredients
- 2 oz London Dry Gin
- Tonic Water to top
- Lime wedge · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Fill a highball glass to the top with ice.
- 2
Add the gin.
- 3
Top with cold tonic water and stir once.
- 4
Garnish with a lime wedge.
The Story
The Gin & Tonic began as medicine. British officers in nineteenth-century India took quinine against malaria — bitter, unpleasant stuff — and learned to make it palatable with gin, sugar, lime, and soda. Tonic water was the tidy commercial answer, and the drink outlived its purpose to become the most effortless classic in the canon: two ingredients, no technique, endlessly reliable. Its simplicity is exactly why bartenders judge a bar by it.
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