Talk:Gin and tonic

message: "Recently it has seen an upsurge in its popularity as a fashionable drink, so much so that it even has its own day of the week Gin & Tonic Friday, celebrated weekly on Facebook with fans uploading their pictures of Gin & Tonics."
Whilst it is good to see an increase in popularity of the drink, I'm not sure that a Facebook Group is sufficiently noteworthy. But I'd like to hear other views. --Ethanbentley (talk) 07:01, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Facebook Group

message: This should be included as it is a significant development in the evolution of the gin and tonic which is having an impact on the future of the industry. Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray as well as a number of smaller brands have brought out specifically designed branded glasses for this purpose. It differs because the glassware is very different and isn't used for many other applications, there is a much greater focus on the garnish and the ice:gin:tonic ratio is different.
It is not just a translation it is a reference to a different style. It could also be known as a Gin & Tonic in the Spanish Style but gin tonic is the technical term.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ethanbentley (talk • contribs) 18:26, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Gin Tonica

message: I don't have all the details, nor am I very experienced at writing wiki entries, but I would like to see added to this article that there is an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm which mentions Gin & Tonic. Larry finds out that he was adopted and is actually a WASP, therefore he must start drinking Gin & Tonic's to fit in. Funny stuff. It was the final episode of Season 4 I believe, the one where Dustin Hoffman and Sascha Baron Cohen have cameos.
: I think in general Wikipedia is moving away from simply mentioning that a particular thing appeared in a television programme, film etc, towards a model whereby only significant appearances of that thing are covered, and only then in prose rather than list form. Ideally these appearances should be significant outside the context of the television show, film, etc. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:01, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  In what way is this television appearance relevant to the topic of the article?  Even if it was significant for the television series, it's still not significant for this article.  It may be mentioned at curb your enthusiasm, if appropriate.--85.177.153.184 (talk) 16:18, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: I'm sure there isn't enough quinine in tonic water for it to be an effective anti-malarial. Anyone? — OwenBlacker 22:50, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
lifted from the quinine entry: According to tradition, the bitter taste of antimalarial quinine tonic led British colonials in India to mix it with gin, thus creating the Gin and Tonic cocktail.
Worth including in that tradition would be to mention the lime, or rather, citris / ascorbic acid, used to prevent scurvy on long ocean voyages.  the cocktail truly is a gin and TONIC (prevention of malaria and scurvy).
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Personally I like to add the juice from half a lemon or lime (whichever I am using).
:There may no longer be enough quinine (in the United States, because of laws concerning ingredients) to prevent quinine, but elsewhere, and originally, the purpose was most surely to prevent malaria. Piano non troppo (talk) 01:40, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct in assuming that there isn't enough quinine in modern Indian Tonic Water to be effective against malaria. The original recipe was far less satisfying to the human palette, leading one to believe that the original gin and tonic wasn't nearly as good as the modern day representation. Tonic water today has much less the concentration of quinine than the original recipe, not that I'm complaining about that. 110.174.91.113 (talk) 17:42, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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message: I've removed a link to the "gin and tonic society" page. The site requires registration and "acceptance" before anyone can see whatever information is in there. I'm sure that whatever factual information is available there can be found elsewhere on the web without having to go through the rigamarole of registering.  Joyous! | Talk 20:14, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
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message: A G&T isn't a cocktail; it's a mixed drink. You might as well call shandy a cocktail. 195.92.40.49 10:59, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cocktail can just mean "mixed drink" (or indeed, anything mixed- fruit cocktail, cocktail of drugs, what have you). A G&T is technically a Highball cocktail, along with any "spirit + mixer" drink. 82.69.37.32 (talk) 20:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: At the time of writing, Highball (cocktail) redirects to Highball, which in turn draws a distinction between highballs which are drunk in the afternoon and cocktails which are drunk in the evening before dinner.  I'm not sure how accurate or verifiable this distinction is! -- Timberframe (talk) 15:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
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message: The drink isn't referred to as a "TNT" suggesting dynamite or strength, but rather as a T and T (T&T), for Tanqueray and Tonic.Yagyu retsudo (talk) 03:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
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message: Gin and tonic made with Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin and Schweppes Indian Tonic, garnished with slices of lime.
The photo is generic; I don't see any reason why specific brands should be mentioned here. — MaxEnt 01:55, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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message: *3:4 https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/recipes/a3751/gin-and-tonic-drink-recipe/
*3:4 (but includes lime juice) https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6420-gin-and-tonic
*1:2 (but includes lime juice) https://www.thelittleepicurean.com/2014/04/gin-tonic.html
*1:2 (but includes lime juice) https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6420-gin-and-tonic
*2:4 or 2:5 https://www.thespruceeats.com/gin-and-tonic-recipe-759300
*1:3 https://www.hendricksgin.com/us/cocktail/gin-and-tonic
*1:3 https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/a561150/how-to-make-perfect-gin-and-tonic/
*"To top" https://www.supercall.com/recipe/gin-tonic
*No ratio https://drizly.com/st-germain-gin-tonic/r-72b16a20fa1ef9bc
*No ratio https://www.liquor.com/recipes/gin-and-tonic
I just decided to cut to the chase and remove some references (some of which were dead links anyway) and say that the ratio depends on whether lime juice is being added, but 1:2 isn't all that unreasonable. Зенитная Самоходная Установка (talk) 14:13, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research: Proper ratio of gin to tonic