Unique Gin & Tonic Recipes

Gin & tonics are a classic, tried-and-true cocktail. This refreshing recipe is especially popular during the warmer months. We've rounded up a collection of gin & tonic recipes that go beyond the basic to include unique flavors and ingredients. 

Empress & Tonic

Ingredients: 

2 oz Empress 1908 Gin 

3 oz Premium Tonic Water

1 Grapefruit Slide 

Directions:

Build on ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a grapefruit slice. 

 

Spanish Pear G&T

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Citadelle Gin

1 1/2 oz. St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur

3/4 oz. The Perfect Purée Pear Puree, thawed

1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice

Directions:

Shaken, double rocks. Top off with Fever Tree tonic water. Garnish with sage, junipers and cherries.

 

Supersonic Gin & Tonic 

Ingredients:

2 parts Hendrick’s Gin

1 bar spoon Simple Syrup

1 part Fresh Espresso (left to go cold)

2 parts Premium Tonic Water

Cucumber to garnish

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice and lightly stir. Garnish with 3 thinly sliced rounds of cucumber and serve.

 

Blackberry Sage Gin & Tonic

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Hendricks Gin

1/2 oz. The Perfect Purée Blackberry Puree, thawed

1 oz. sage syrup

Splash of fresh lemon juice

Splash of tonic

One blackberry and one sage leaf on a skewer

Directions:

Build ingredients in a pounder glass and strain into a single rocks glass. Garnish with berry-sage skewer.

 

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