So you'll wanna make a fantastic gin and tonic, but you don't have any
tonic and cans or bottles like this.
But what you do have is maybe a tonic syrup.
My name is David Edwards and welcome to Booze On The Rocks.
Today, we're gonna make a Wild Gin and Tonic, and we're
going to use a tonic syrup.
But before we get into that, Let's talk about the gin that we're going to use
today, which is Wildlife's classic gin.
It has citrus, Juniper and coriander notes.
It's also an over proof gin at 43.3% alcohol by volume.
And it's produced in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
And for transparency purposes, wildlife did not actually pay me for this video.
In fact, they didn't even suggest it.
What they did, however, do is send me a bottle of their classic
gin and tonics here for me to enjoy in any way I chose either.
Or off camera.
So I decided I would do it on camera and make their wild gin and tonic.
Having said that this is a basic three ingredient cocktail, and let's get
started first by working on our garnish.
So what you want to do is cut off a slice, cut that in half
and put that off to the side.
And now your garnish is ready.
Just make sure you clean up your work area right afterwards.
So what we're going to do now is we are going to start by building
this directly into the glass, and we're going to fill this up with a
little bit of ice and we wanna fill it up about three quarters away.
And I have a reason for that because what'll happen is we will get some
dilution and we're going to need to stir this just a little bit.
Okay.
A little bit more.
Half totally up to you.
So what we're going to do is start with our gin.
Now this is wildlife gin, and this is the first time I'm actually
getting a chance to try this.
So first impressions here will count and it'll always start with.
The sound of the torque.
Okay.
They've already won me with fat sound.
Now this is a gin in the classic style.
It's sort of a dry style gin, and you can tell it automatically has
those notes of junipers not very strong and we're going to start
with two ounces or 60 milliliters.
Awesome.
If you cannot get this gin where you live, you can go with a good dry style
gin, like, uh, London, dry beef, feeder, or Hendrix, but even better go to your
local distillery and grab something.
Cause I always suggest buying local first, whenever possible.
Next we're going to.
Your tonic syrup.
Now this tonic syrup is slightly sweet.
It has those tonic flavors and it has citrus notes.
And we're going to go with one ounce or 30 milliliters.
This looks really good and it smells fantastic.
So what we'll do now is we will add some more ice.
We'll just fill this up most of the way.
Just like, so just with a couple more cubes, throw them all over there.
Like, so, but we're going to use straight soda water because we have our tonic
flavoring and our sweetness in there.
Now I'm using Canada dry and we'll just.
Add in about four ounces or 120 millimeters.
Oh yeah.
Look at that.
So what you're gonna do is you're going to grab your spoon and you're
just gonna stir this up a little bit, just to mix everything together.
Absolutely.
Perfect.
And now we're just going to add our garnish of our orange slice just into
the side like this, and here you have a perfect Genna tonic, a wild gen and tonic.
Really good.
It's the tonic is there.
That gin is there.
It's there it's present.
It's not overpowering.
It's blended well together.
It has the Citrix note of the tonic.
Syrup.
And of course you're garnish.
Uh, if you really like G and tonics here, I'll put a video here to
something you might really, really like.