Oldies but goldies

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I went through some of my old pictures and came across pictures of earlier G&T creations.  I will in advance apologies for the bad photo quality. You can't win every time ;)

One of them is this grapefruit G&T. Its mixed with freshly squeezed grapefruit juice. The bitternes of the grapefruit really compliments the gin and the tonic.


Its not so easy to see but to the next one we have added some fresh thyme stems which we just lightly have squeezed to let the aromatic oils release. Its a classic but it works every time. The same goes if you add fresh rosemary stems. 



And lastly I found a picture of a drink that is actually not a G&T but a coffee tonic. If you haven't tried it I can only recommend that you get out in your kitchen right away an mix one of these bad boys because I will guarantee you that you will be addicted from the first sip!

What you do is you make a double espresso shot, preferably with a bean with a high acidity. You then fill up a glass with ice, fill it up with halv a can of tonic water and then you slowly add the espresso shot. Stir it around and enjoy!



Gin bar in London

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Last year we went on an extended weekend trip to London. First of all to visit some friends and secondly because we were attending a craft beer festival. We had an amazing time and really enjoyed both being with our friends and tasting a lot of great beer. One of the days we went to a food market. And inside the market area down in a corner a gin bar unfolded and we knew right away that we had to go taste some gin and of course some G&T's.
The gin bar offered a lot of different gin cocktails which we tried some of. Unfortunately I don't recall the gins they used for the cocktails we had. But we had a cocktail with cucumber and elderflower and one with Aperol and grapefruit juice - and of course gin!



The cucumber/elderflower cocktail was refreshing and had a Hendricks G&T feeling due to the cucumber. The grapefruit/Aperol wasn't nearly as refreshing and was almost a bit to heavy for the nice late summer weather. Maybe a little less Aperol and more grapefruit juice would have done the trick.
The gin bar offered hundreds of different gins and I believe we tried 4-6 different gins. If you come across a gin bar in London, I will definitely recommend that you give it a go, because them brits to love their gin!

Homemade tonic

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Unfortunately I haven't been experimenting that much with homemade tonics since the first batch, but oh boy is it worth giving some more testing!
For my birthday I was so lucky to get a SodaStreamer so now I always have bubbles by my hand. And that is needed when you are making your own tonic. Of course you can just buy carbonated water but it takes to the next level when you also make the bubbles yourself.
To make the tonic you need to boil a syrup which you afterwards mix with carbonated water and then with gin. The big plus about making your own tonic is that you can add the flavours you prefer and you can turn the amount of quinine up and down to your liking.
I boiled a huge batch and I will recommend that you scale the portion down if you want to do some experimenting with the flavours.


Heres my recipe:

  • 1 liter of water
  • 500 grams of sugar
  • zest and juice of 1 orange
  • zest and juice of 1 grapefruit
  • zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 1 table spoon of crushed cinchona bark
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, chopped
  • 4 whole allspice
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 green cardamom capsule
  • 1 clove
  • 2,5 tea spoons of citric acid


Combine all the ingredients in a pot and bring it to a boil. Once the mixture starts to boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer for about 20 min without cover.
Remove the mixture from the heat and strain out all solids with a fine strainer. Afterwards let the mixture strain through a coffee filter to get a somewhat clear liquid. Let the mixture cool down and then you have syrup that is ready to be mixed with carbonated water.

This is the amounts I used for a gin and tonic:

  • 2 cl tonic syrup
  • 8 cl carbonated water
  • 6 cl gin
  • Lots of ice


Long time no see

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Even though we released a new blogpost earlier today it has been lying as a draft for very long. Because a lot have happened over the last 3 months.
But that doesn't mean that the gin supply has shrunken or new gins haven't been introduce to the our stock.
And besides gin a lot of rum has also taken its place in our booze cabinet. I think we are counting more than 35 different bottles of fine alcohol. But gin is still the our biggest passion.

The newest gin to our collection is a rye based Koskue Gin that has been oak barrel aged which Simon brought home with him after one of his trips to Helsinki. Its a very unique gin with a very distinct rye note, it almost taste grainy. When we tried the gin we wanted the flavours to really stand out. We therefore mixed it with the pretty mild Indi Tonic and that really made the gin come alive.

Here is what we did:

  • 6cl Rye Koskue Gin
  • 12cl Indi Tonic
  • 1 slice of lime
  • Lots of ice
It was a really nice and interesting G&T where the rye gin had a chance to stand out.

We are getting closer to winter and the first overnight frost has arrived. And even though it seems like summer is already a long time ago we had some very nice summer days with friends and G&T's. At Copenhagen Street Food we had some huge and very tasty Hendricks G&T's with lots of red pepper corns. When summer arrives again we will definitely go grab some more of those tasty f..ckers. Meanwhile we can enjoy the look of it and think back at wonderful summer nights .



Gin & Moving

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So... The plan has been to post here regularly, but over the last couple of weeks we've been preparing and planning our move. Therefore we haven't had time to do a lot of tasting or blogging.


We'll be moving soon, and hopefully get our gin unpacked quickly! Meanwhile here's a small group photo before we packed the gin down.



We also had a small taste of our newest addition, the Monkey 47 which we mixed with Indi&Co tonic. This proved to be a lovely pairing, as the tonic is very smooth and balanced, and therefore didn't overshadow the gin.

We also did  a very refreshing G&T with lime zest and fresh mint that turned out to be surprisingly good!

Recipe:
1 part gin (we used Bulldog)
2 part tonic (we used Pellegrino)
Lime zest
Fresh mint leaves
Plenty of ice

Ørsted ølbar and G&T!

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Last night we visited Ørsted Ølbar to get a few craft beers, but G&T lovers as we are, we ended up having a single G&T anyway. Ørsted has quite a nice selection of Gins, and are using Fentimans as their mixer.


We had a good classic Monkey 47 with Fentimans, which was quite lovely! So if you are dragged along to Ørsted Ølbar, you can get your Gin needs taken care of as well! 


If you, like me, like your G&T around 1 part Gin 2 part Tonic, you should ask them to give you the bottle of Fentimans, as they pour a bit to much Tonic for my taste.

If you're there, and they still have it on tap, give the Oppigård Thurbo Stout a taste though, it's a lovely stout!

I'll end up with a small look back at the last few weeks, where we haven't posted, but have had a few G&T's anyway ;-)
We had the lovely, but still very special Copenhagen Dry Gin, mixed with Pellegrino Tonic and Thyme, just like Copenhagen Distillery suggests on their webpage, and it is a nice mix!


I will say, the Copenhagen Dry Gin is a very special gin, that will surprise you, but grow on you. I'm finding it almost tequilaish in the taste. I'm not 100% sure, but i believe it's the sweetness from the honey (it's distilled from honey) that has some of the same sweetness that you get from the agave cacti. 

//Simon

Ginto Smartphone App

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Recently we stumbled upon Ginto a Gin app, which has some pretty cool features!

In this post we'll write a short review of the app, and tell you why we like it!

Features

Ginto has 3 main sections:
The overview of activity in the app, with featured Gins and newly added Gins


A personal list of gins with a Wishlish, a Tasted list and My Collection list


A recipe list.




Why we like it!

It reminds us of one of our favorite beer apps Untappd where we can keep track of the different craft beers we've tasted and rate them. Untappd has gamified the experience a bit, which is fun but not an essential feature, therefore we don't miss this feature in Ginto at all!
The wishlist feature is very neat, and it helps you keep a track of which gins you want to taste in the future. The only downside of the wishlists is that it is a wishlist, and therefore means that is not the gins you have right now. We want to taste them right now :)

The app also gives you a good overview off which gins you have already tasted. On the front page of the app you get information of the highest rated gins and which ones are popular at the moment. When you click on a gin you will get some quick info about the gin and as a plus you also get info of which tonics to pair it with. The app also gives you different G&T-recipes which is a quite nice feature. If you need some new takes on the G&T you will have the inspiration right in your pocket.

If you are searching for a good app which can give you both a overview of the gins you tasted, the gins you wanna taste and recipes this is the app to go for.

The app is free and can be downloaded here:



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