I’m not sure that I buy this. Why does the tonic need to be bland, and all the flavour come from the gin?
I can accept that the Fever Tree ones are artificial flavours, that only work in certain combos, but the general principle for me is that you have gin, tonic and garnish, and the combinations can be fun. I’d rather have choice than not.
I dont disagree - but IMO the flavoured tonics bring too much to the party and kill the gin.
i love gin based cocktails and spends loads of time and money experimenting, but that is about achieving a balance. The flavoured tonics are IMO so unsubtle the resulting G&T becomes a sickly unbalanced mess…YMMV
This is the nicest Argie red I’ve had for many a year. Absolutely stunning wine. Opened it last night and will finish it off with a steak this evening.