Shit that annoys you

[jackstraw]

6 pm on a Friday. A nice bottle of gin, a bottle of club soda, a lime and the ice maker is empty and turned to “off.” Really?


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The gin said tonic anyway

[KQ]

6 pm on a Friday. A nice bottle of gin, a bottle of club soda, a lime and the ice maker is empty and turned to “off.” Really?


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you're just going to have to drink it like a Brit.

[El Chupacabra]

you're just going to have to drink it like a Brit.

The old stiff upper boof?

[KQ]

The old stiff upper boof?

sans ice

[riser4]

The old stiff upper boof?

Boof it!

[HankScorpio]

you're just going to have to drink it like a Brit.

I considered drinking a room temperature gin and soda but it’s a desperate level of drinking I’m not at.......yet.


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[::: :::]

Put it outside
Or go outside and enjoy it as a warmer upper

[riser4]

I considered drinking a room temperature gin and soda but it’s a desperate level of drinking I’m not at.......yet.


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Gin and Soda is plain nasty, ice or not. There's a reason the drink is called Gin and Tonic and not Gin and Soda. Shudder.

[HankScorpio]

Gin and Soda is plain nasty, ice or not. There's a reason the drink is called Gin and Tonic and not Gin and Soda. Shudder.

To each their own. I love a good G & T but a couple types of gin made around here are better with club soda or seltzer and lime, IMO.


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[m2711c]

Gin and Soda is plain nasty, ice or not. There's a reason the drink is called Gin and Tonic and not Gin and Soda. Shudder.

Yeah, cause it’s the tonic part that’s so damn tasty.....

[jackstraw]

Well, there is this part - "Tonic water contains 83 calories and 21.5 grams of sugar, while soda water contains zero. That's almost as much calories and sugar in tonic water as a regular cola soda (90 calories; 25g sugar)"

[Rideski]

[Ted Striker]

^^^ surprised it took that long.

It must be winter.

[Ted Striker]

Gin and Soda is plain nasty, ice or not. There's a reason the drink is called Gin and Tonic and not Gin and Soda. Shudder.

How about a gin martini?

[wicked_sick]

How about a gin martini?

I'd be annoyed if I ordered a Martini and got anything other than gin

[Ted Striker]

^^^ I have a friend who says the perfect martini recipe is pour some good gin in a chilled glass, take the vermouth bottle and show it to the gin, then put it back in the liquor cabinet.

[KyleLanTheman]

Neighbor kids being too pussy to answer the door when I knock at 11pm on a weeknight because their bass resonates through our house. I'd rather them tell me to fuck off to my face instead of just hiding away thinking they can avoid the issue.

[KQ]

^^^ I have a friend who says the perfect martini recipe is pour some good gin in a chilled glass, take the vermouth bottle and show it to the gin, then put it back in the liquor cabinet.

Winston Churchhill famously said the only way to make a martini was with ice-cold gin, and a bow in the direction of France.

Alfred Hitchcock said the closest he wanted to get to a bottle of vermouth was looking at it from across the room.

I keep martini glasses in the freezer because I like my martinis cold... cold.... COLD. My method of making them is to fill the chilled glass with ice and pour vermouth over the ice. Meanwhile I shake gin with a bit of brine from the olive jar and ice. Finally I dump the vermouth and ice out of the glass and pour in the gin (This is the Lyndon B. Johnson method of making a martini). Garnish with two colossal queen olives. Enjoy!

Gin of choice is Hendricks or Crater Lake


10 Famous Martini Preferences

[KQ]

Oh Bobby.........

[wyeaster]

Oh Bobby.........

excellent!

[skaredshtles]

^^^ I have a friend who says the perfect martini recipe is pour some good gin in a chilled glass, take the vermouth bottle and show it to the gin, then put it back in the liquor cabinet.

I'm with your friend. Nothing wrong with a glass of nice, cold gin.

[Name Redacted]

Perfect martini would be to throw that gin shit away and drink some ice cold vodka out of a glass you can chug from without spilling all over yourself. And a couple nice olives on the side.

[Supermoon]

More like a nice glass of scotch

[Meadow Skipper]

I'd be annoyed if I ordered a Martini and got anything other than gin

My millennial daughter was annoyed when she asked me for a martini and got one made with (a really good botanical) gin. She meant vodka. I laughed.

^^^ I have a friend who says the perfect martini recipe is pour some good gin in a chilled glass, take the vermouth bottle and show it to the gin, then put it back in the liquor cabinet.

This.

Winston Churchhill famously said the only way to make a martini was with ice-cold gin, and a bow in the direction of France.

Alfred Hitchcock said the closest he wanted to get to a bottle of vermouth was looking at it from across the room.

And this.

[PB]

So, gin on the rocks/chilled is the real Martini?? Waste of a good name, that.