Learning how to make a gin and tonic may be relatively easy compared to other drinks. Quite simply, this drink includes both gin and tonic water. The gin and tonic can be classified as a simple, sophisticated cocktail, and can be enjoyed before or after dinner.
To get started, you will need a rocks glass with ice, tonic water (diet is available if you're avoiding sugar), gin, and a wedge of lemon or lime.
How to Make a Gin and Tonic Video
Ja Nee Nisonger demonstrates how to make a gin and tonic. She starts with a tall glass filled with ice and adds 1.5oz of gin. She also notes that tonic water has more bubbles than soda water, so you don't necessarily need as much of it in order to get the desired effect. She completes the drink by garnishing it with a lime.
Step 1: What You Need to Make a Gin and Tonic
- A highball glass, filled with ice.
- 2 ounces of gin
- Tonic water, as desired
- Lime wedge, for the traditionalist, or a lemon wedge if you prefer
Step 2: How to Make a Gin and Tonic
- Pour 2 oz of gin on top of the ice in the highball glass.
- Add tonic water, as desire, up to 5 ounces.
- Squeeze the juice from one wedge of lime or lemon, and stir to mix.
Extra Gin and Tonic Information
The British East India Company and the British Army are responsible for the gin and tonic. Quinine, an ingredient in tonic water, was used to prevent malaria. However, because it was so bitter, gin was added to soften the taste. Gin is flavored with juniper (yes, the tree) and the flavor compliments the bitterness of the quinine.
Since the 18th century, other ways to fight malaria have been discovered, but the gin and tonic lives on. Tonic water contains less quinine than it used to, and is usually sweetened. There is now a wide variety of gins to choose from.
How to Make a Gin and Tonic
This video is published on the Mahalo YouTube channel and features Anthony Pea of the National Bartenders School. In the video he describes the ingredients required, quantities needed and ultimately how to make a gin and tonic.
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Fast Facts
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Fact:
Pour around 1.5oz of gin
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Fact:
A tall glass with ice is used for this drink
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Fact:
Tonic is much bubblier than soda water, so you won't need as much
