Dad's Favorite Gin & Tonic

Dad's favorite drink is a Gin and Tonic.  Mine is too. Somehow, Dad's Gin & Tonic tastes the best.  I asked him to share the steps with me to making this drink so much more delicious than what you'd usually get at a bar, and this is what he shared with me:  

Ingredients

Tanqueray Gin (This is the best gin for this cocktail.  Bombay Sapphire does not achieve the same flavor profile and should not be substituted). 

1 single serving of Tonic Water, unopened, for maximum fizz

1 freshly cut lime wedge

 

Freeze a highball glass in the freezer.  Take a few cubes of ice, crack the ice with the back of a large metal spoon such as a large table service silverware spoon, and put the ice in the frozen glass.  Pour one jigger of Tanqueray gin over the ice.  Open the tonic water bottle, tip the glass slightly, and pour the tonic water down the sides of the glass so that it avoids being poured directly over the ice; this ensures the maximum gas content in the tonic water stays in the drink.  (If the tonic water hits the ice directly, it fizzes and loses the gas significantly.)  Squeeze the juice of the lime wedge into the glass, and pinch or twist the lime rind hard over the drink to release the rind oils into the drink.  Stir once and serve immediately.  

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