Following the great tenet of "more is better" I don't know how I never made this before
to a pint glass ad 6oz gin (I am using supermarket gin from a large glass jug), top up with ice to fill the glass halfway. Add 1/2 oz vermouth and stir. Top up with tonic. Garnish optional. Will try adding bitters later as that is usually a good idea
Martini and Tonic
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Let me know how this works out. It sounds dangerously close to disaster, but experimentation in the name of science is noble. I'm currently enjoying the standard G&T. Not supermarket gin, but one step up, Seagram's. Not too much more in cost.Mr. Viking wrote:Following the great tenet of "more is better" I don't know how I never made this before
to a pint glass ad 6oz gin (I am using supermarket gin from a large glass jug), top up with ice to fill the glass halfway. Add 1/2 oz vermouth and stir. Top up with tonic. Garnish optional. Will try adding bitters later as that is usually a good idea
What brand of vermouth are you using?
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Shhh...
Don't tell anybody.
I was putting some of the tonic with its quinine to offset that Martinit & Rossi (was a bit too much of moss and mold edges), but them Injun chicks helped with that problem: finished it with their Greygoose and garlic stuffed olives.
Being in a house where it is difficult to hold onto a decent bottle of anything for very long, thank goodness no one likes gin all that much. So I buy the best now, and it is there for the week.
I have a couple of them at a time these days, for sipping the almighty Martini.
So, Noilly Prat?
My apologies for a bit of a derail: I agree, a Martini with ice and Tonic is very refreshing
Don't tell anybody.
I was putting some of the tonic with its quinine to offset that Martinit & Rossi (was a bit too much of moss and mold edges), but them Injun chicks helped with that problem: finished it with their Greygoose and garlic stuffed olives.
Being in a house where it is difficult to hold onto a decent bottle of anything for very long, thank goodness no one likes gin all that much. So I buy the best now, and it is there for the week.
I have a couple of them at a time these days, for sipping the almighty Martini.
So, Noilly Prat?
My apologies for a bit of a derail: I agree, a Martini with ice and Tonic is very refreshing
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Mr. Viking has not yet rendered his opinion on the subject. In fact, we haven't heard from him at all. What is the standard waiting period before activating the Spy Camera Drone for a welfare check, when a Drunkard announces an experiment in progress, and then disappears?mistah willies wrote:...I agree, a Martini with ice and Tonic is very refreshing...
"Booznik. Smooth, classy and manatee-like." --Bur
"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
"A stand alone place for booze is as essential for a home, as is a bed to sleep on." --Miklo
"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
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Re: Martini and Tonic
he enjoyed it so much he fell through a table and then went to sleep in a pile of broken glass. I am the new, updated version. All hail the new Mr. Viking
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"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
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"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Surpised you could get this to last. I've tried pre-mixing Manhattens and for some reason they go south about 2 hours after storage, thought that the vermouth was doing something to the other booze. Explore on, my friend.
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Gaaaah, pre-mixing Manhattans, no no no. No. No.Smatter Noguts wrote:Surpised you could get this to last. I've tried pre-mixing Manhattens and for some reason they go south about 2 hours after storage, thought that the vermouth was doing something to the other booze. Explore on, my friend.
Do not do this, please. Pretty please.
Pre-mixing works with drinks like Mudslides, but not with a Manhattan.
In any case, the table smashing would appear to validate my theory that a Martini and Tonic is a bad idea.
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"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
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"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Happy Birthday, Mr. V. Two Point Three! Hope it was Ethylicious.booznik wrote:An update is available! Now downloading Mr. Viking 2.0.
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"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
"A stand alone place for booze is as essential for a home, as is a bed to sleep on." --Miklo
"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
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Re: Martini and Tonic
Martini and tonic huh? Tried it yesterday, out of pure lack of ingredients, didn't like it. Chugged martini from a bottle after this failure of cocktail.
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Re: Martini and Tonic
OK. So who is going to explain the basic error, here?oldsmartskunk wrote:Martini and tonic huh? Tried it yesterday, out of pure lack of ingredients, didn't like it. Chugged martini from a bottle after this failure of cocktail.
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Re: Martini and Tonic
I am the one who confused things. I spoke of the Martini vermouth,Palinka wrote:OK. So who is going to explain the basic error, here?oldsmartskunk wrote:Martini and tonic huh? Tried it yesterday, out of pure lack of ingredients, didn't like it. Chugged martini from a bottle after this failure of cocktail.
But Mr. Viking said,
So, a damn huge Martini with tonic is actually quite refreshing. No need for fruit, but that olive juice is dirty in a nice way if one likes to get their fingers wetMr. Viking wrote:Following the great tenet of "more is better" I don't know how I never made this before
to a pint glass ad 6oz gin (I am using supermarket gin from a large glass jug), top up with ice to fill the glass halfway. Add 1/2 oz vermouth and stir. Top up with tonic. Garnish optional. Will try adding bitters later as that is usually a good idea
ahem
I mean, in a tasty way
ahem
well, yes, let us have a sip o' the tipple
Cheers!
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Can we drink now? ---peetie44
At rock bottom, there is no down. ---The Oett
^ ^ ^ Yes his entire cutlery set and all utensils are made from assorted broken bottles.--- The Artful Detective
Just remember Hugh: a good cocktail in a shitty glass is better that a shitty cocktail in a pretty glass.---The Badfellow
I'll buy the first round if you promise to stop being a cunt. --- Dear Booze
At rock bottom, there is no down. ---The Oett
^ ^ ^ Yes his entire cutlery set and all utensils are made from assorted broken bottles.--- The Artful Detective
Just remember Hugh: a good cocktail in a shitty glass is better that a shitty cocktail in a pretty glass.---The Badfellow
I'll buy the first round if you promise to stop being a cunt. --- Dear Booze
Re: Martini and Tonic
Lack of ingredients I guess but as Willies said was just confusion, otherwise I am confusedPalinka wrote:OK. So who is going to explain the basic error, here?oldsmartskunk wrote:Martini and tonic huh? Tried it yesterday, out of pure lack of ingredients, didn't like it. Chugged martini from a bottle after this failure of cocktail.
But:
What`s not to like
failure of cocktail
Even then, it`s your cocktail and you should try to enjoy it as much as possible, you paid for that stuff!. Also when you get drunk from it there is no fail
Drink!
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I feel a longing deep inside me. THe time has come once again
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Deckhands, STOW THE TABLES! There be rough seas ahead.Mr. Viking wrote:I feel a longing deep inside me. THe time has come once again
"Booznik. Smooth, classy and manatee-like." --Bur
"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
"A stand alone place for booze is as essential for a home, as is a bed to sleep on." --Miklo
"Oh, you've been reading your Sir Kenelm Digby, haven't you? Stick to the mead recipes, especially that of the Mayor of Moscovy. That shizz is SACK!!!" --Badfellow
"Now stop and DRINK! bastards." --mistah willies
"A stand alone place for booze is as essential for a home, as is a bed to sleep on." --Miklo