What Did You Drink Last Night?

[rkwilker]

Chivas 18 neat

 

[Rock31]

Glenlivet 12.

 

[1961MJS]

I had my first gin and tonic, and while it was good, it was not at all what I was expecting.
It was rather sweet, and I know that that was not the tonic doing that, as I tasted the gin before adding the tonic. That really surprised me a lot.
Maybe it was the ingredients (Gordon's Dry Gin, and Seagrams Tonic), but it was almost like soda. I really liked the other flavors, which were a wonderful mix of various bitter and tart tastes, but it was a little too sweet for me.
Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

Hi

Assuming you made the drink yourself, that's very odd. Gin isn't sweet, tonic isn't sweet, it's got a kind of sour metallic taste, and the lime well, you're have a lime before. It's supposed to be sour and tart though.

If a bartender made if for you, maybe you got rum and tonic, or he dumped a bit of sugar in it. [huh]

The only cure is to drink a few more of them as a test... Gin and Tonic's don't have as forceful flavor as say a Mojito, or a Single Malt Scotch, maybe it just wasn't as tart and sour as you EXPECTED?

Later

 

[jamespowers]

Black Martini
2 ounces gin or vodka
1 ounce Chambord
1/2 ounce Blue Curacao
:cheers1:

 

[Ethan Bentley]

Gin Turbo - Gin, Vermouth, bitters and Tonic water Syrup

Gin Martini - mixed with dry ice. Very odd!

 

[Ethan Bentley]

Black Martini
2 ounces gin or vodka
1 ounce Chambord
1/2 ounce Blue Curacao
:cheers1:

Chambord barely better than Campari

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"Perfect Red with almost a "Toffee" aftertaste!"

 

[jamespowers]

Chambord barely better than Campari

But ten times as good as Pimms. lol

 

[Atinkerer]

I had my favorite, El Dorado 12 rum.

 

[Big_e]

A Cold and refreshing Schlitz Malt Liquor. My favorite stand by.
Ernest

 

[jwalls]

Gentleman Jack

And tonight I'll have another.:cheers1: :cheers1:

 

[Wally_Hood]

Sidecar, with Cointreau

 

[D-503]

A martini: 1 part Beefeater, 1 part Noilly, a dash of orange bitters, and a twist.

Not noteworthy otherwise but I'm drinking it out of my "new" cocktail glass(es) I picked up at the antiques store. I already broke one, but I've still got four left!

 

[phinz]

Tonight I'm thinking Laphroaig Cask Strength or Laphroaig Quarter Cask.

 

[MisterCairo]

A couple of cottage country ales - Muskoka Brewery's Dark Ale and the Kawartha Lakes Brewery's Nut Brown ale. Both very tasty, amber dark ales but refreshing as well. Perfect on a sweltering day, even better in the evening on the verandah.....

 

[rkwilker]

Basil Hayden/rocks

 

[Wally_Hood]

The past couple of nights, Old Fashioneds, practicing for the second annual It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World get-together; we enjoy the Old Fashioneds at the intermission, in homage to Tyler Fitzgerald.

Made a cosmopolitan for Mrs. H, who liked it, but drank only about half.

 

[HodgePodge]

Chambord barely better than Campari

How can you even compare the two? Chambord is nearly berry syrup, and Campari is nearly....uhm....vomit? To each their own, I guess.

Last night was Bushmills, neat.

 

[jamespowers]

How can you even compare the two? Chambord is nearly berry syrup, and Campari is nearly....uhm....vomit? To each their own, I guess..

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Last night was Bushmills, neat.

That is always a good one. :cheers1:

 

[rkwilker]

Blanton's/rocks :eusa_clap