BOUNTY | GOOD SPIRITS Hooked on Tonics Summer’s most iconic stirred cocktail, the G&T, is ready for a shake-up BY CHRIS HUGHES RECIPES BY EMILY NABORS HALL PHOTOGRAPH BY GREG DUPREE THE MEDITERRANEAN G&T THE ROSE G&T THE HERBAL G&T THE ENGLISHMAN’S G&T Stir together 1/2 cup Mediterranean tonic Muddle 6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) gin and 1 fresh THE FLORAL G&T Combine 6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) gin, 2 cucumber (such as Fever-Tree), 6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) gin, strawberry in a small measuring cup, Stir together 1/2 cup agave tonic water THE BITTERSWEET G&T slices, 3 black peppercorns, and 1 whole 1 Tbsp. (1/2 oz.) white port, and 2 dashes and strain into a tall glass. Top with (such as Q Tonic), 6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) gin, Stir together 1/2 cup elderflower tonic star anise pod in a tall glass, and stir of orange bitters in a tall glass. Firmly 1/2 cup grapefruit tonic water (such as 1 Tbsp. (1/2 oz.) Aperol, 1 Tbsp. (1/2 oz.) water, 6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) gin, 2 Tbsp. (1 oz.) Stir together 1/2 cup Indian tonic water vigorously to infuse flavors, about 30 hit 1 mint sprig against the palm of your Fentimans) and 2 Tbsp. (1 oz.) Lillet Pimm’s, and 2 dashes of lime bitters Suze herbal liqueur, and 1/2 Tbsp. lemon (such as Fever-Tree), 6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) gin, seconds. Fill glass with ice, and top with hand to release oils, and swirl in Blanc. Fill glass with ice, in a tall glass filled with ice. Garnish juice in a tall glass filled with 2 Tbsp. (1 oz.) amaro liqueur, and 1/2 cup dandelion tonic water (such the drink 10 seconds. Discard and stir well. Garnish with with a lime slice. ice. Garnish with edible flowers. 2 dashes of citrus bitters in a tall glass as Mixwell); stir well. Garnish filled with ice. Garnish with mint. Fill glass with ice, and a grapefruit wedge. TRY IT WITH: Anchor Old Tom Gin TRY IT WITH: Old Raj Gin (United with a cucumber ribbon. a tangerine slice. garnish with a persimmon slice. TRY IT WITH: Nikka Coffey Gin (California). Lighter than Kingdom). Along with the TRY IT WITH: St. George Terroir TRY IT WITH: Fords Gin (United (Japan). Japanese whiskey Dutch genever but more classic botanicals (juniper, TRY IT WITH: Barr Hill Gin Gin (California). It’s the ideal Kingdom). Gin genius Simon powerhouse Nikka burst onto viscous than a London Dry, coriander, cassia), Old Raj’s (Vermont). Made with only bottle for drinkers who prefer Ford (Dorothy Parker) crafts the gin scene with this tart Old Tom gins nonetheless higher ABV label has a post- three ingredients—corn, a more pine-forward bouquet, this silky spirit from globe- and citrusy example steeped have a sweeter flavor profile distillation addition of saffron, juniper, and raw honey—this courtesy of botanicals such spanning ingredients as far with yuzu and amanatsu thanks to additions such as which lends earthy notes softer style of gin nonetheless as Douglas fir, California bay flung as Romania and Morocco. (a pomelo relative). stevia and star anise. OF MANUFACTURERS COURTESY CHELSEA ZIMMER; BOTTLES: BY STYLING MINDI SHAPIRO LEVINE; FOOD BY PROP STYLING and a golden tint. exhibits incredible complexity. laurel, and coastal sage. 92 COASTAL LIVING July/August 2018 92_40894_GS_Gin And Tonics_f2.indd 92 05182018152107 5/18/18 3:19 PM 92_40894_GS_Gin And Tonics_f2.indd 93 05182018152123 5/18/18 3:19 PM.