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He would certainly know where to obtain tonic water, and I would be obliged to put him in touch with your butler.

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People probably want tonic water that has Quinine in it even though it’s not the same as hydroxychloroquine.

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Can you add something bitter to carbonated water to make it taste more like tonic water?

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For the record I prefer Hendricks. Tangeray beefeater etc is good too, not a fan of Bombay sapphire but I of course tolerate if that’s all I can get.

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ORIGINAL: BarkellWH

Rob, I would like to suggest you try a favorite drink of old British colonials in Malaya--a "gin pahit." I am familiar with it, having served four years at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and rereading Somerset Maugham's short stories about every six or seven years, many of which were set in British Malaya. The word "pahit" in the Malay language ("Bahasa Melayu") means "bitter" and a gin pahit consists of gin and Angostura bitters with ice in a martini glass. Take your favorite gin and pick up a bottle of Angostura bitters, and your set.

The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel in Singapore uses 2/3 gin to 1/3 Angostura bitters, but of course you use the ratio of gin to Angostura bitters that best suits your taste. Fix yourself a gin pahit and sit out on your verandah (or porch or deck, I forgot that we are in the 21st century) about 6:00pm for a refreshing sundowner, thinking of the old days in Malaya. Good days, those, made even better by the gin pahit in your hand.

Bill

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Fix yourself a gin pahit and sit out on your verandah (or porch or deck, I forgot that we are in the 21st century) about 6:00pm for a refreshing sundowner, thinking of the old days in Malaya. Good days, those, made even better by the gin pahit in your hand.

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ORIGINAL: Morante

Hola maestro Ricardo

next time u are in Andalucía, try Rives Black label; it is an extraordinary gin. Best with the peel of a whole lemon hung from the rim of the glass. I prefer it with Sprite, but with anything else according to gusto personal.

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it was usually “befeatah con Tony” down there.

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The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel in Singapore uses 2/3 gin to 1/3 Angostura bitters, but of course you use the ratio of gin to Angostura bitters that best suits your taste. Fix yourself a gin pahit and sit out on your verandah (or porch or deck, I forgot that we are in the 21st century) about 6:00pm for a refreshing sundowner, thinking of the old days in Malaya. Good days, those, made even better by the gin pahit in your hand.

Bill

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...and we never stop learning. This thread inspired me to try something different last night so I cut the tonic with about a third of agua con gas and added a couple of healthy splashes of Angostura. Very tasty. The bitters marry well with the tonic and gin.

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I hope you enjoyed it on the verandah. No doubt you were dressed for dinner later at the club, which was hosting the District Officer who is making his rounds of the rubber plantations. The talk, of course, is of a planter up-country who was stabbed by one of his tappers who apparently had run amok.

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...with the lid from a tin can and shard of broken gin bottle.

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gads! How distressing to associate two of the mainstay tools of our craft with such a macabre tale. Could not a thorough shellacking have sufficed?

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ORIGINAL: estebanana

Question, can Texas bluebonnets be used as herbals to add to the gin?

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You are evidently unaware of the "straw hat" process for changing the shape of your thumbnail. It requires a 4-poster bed, a straw hat and 1 liter of gin of your choice, at least 80 proof. 90 proof would be better.

The procedure is as follows.

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ORIGINAL: Estevan

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You are evidently unaware of the "straw hat" process for changing the shape of your thumbnail. It requires a 4-poster bed, a straw hat and 1 liter of gin of your choice, at least 80 proof. 90 proof would be better.

The procedure is as follows.

That is a piece of real American folklore! Apparently the method can be adapted to various purposes.
I first heard it, handed down as a cold remedy, from the great folksinger and story teller Michael Cooney, who was my upstairs neighbour for a while. We used to hear each other practising. It was a nice time.