5 Types Of Gin & Tonic Cocktails To Elevate Your Happy Hour

Made with a lot of exotic ingredients, cocktails are loved all over the world. These mixed drinks are always an integral part of the celebrations. Margarita, mojito, whisky sour, negroni, martini, daiquiri, paloma, bellini and cosmopolitan are some of most popular drinks in the world of mixology. But have you ever tried Gin and Tonic? Renowned for its charm, this cocktail is an unpretentious blend of gin and tonic water, topped with a splash of fruit or flavour.   

Here are five types of gin and tonic cocktails to try: 

Classic Gin And Tonic 

Ingredients 

  • 2 ounces gin 
  • 4 ounces tonic water 

Garnish 

  • 2 lime wheels  

Method

  • Fill a highball glass with ice and add the gin. 
  • Top with the tonic water and stir gently. 
  • Garnish with lime wheels and enjoy. 

Elderflower Gin And Tonic 

Ingredients 

  • 2 ounces gin 
  • 1 ounce elderflower liqueur 
  • 2-3 ounces tonic water 
  • lime wedge 

Method  

  • Fill a lowball glass with ice and pour in gin and elderflower liqueur. 
  • Top with tonic water and squeeze lime wedge into the glass. 
  • Stir and serve chilled. 

Gin And Ginger Tonic 

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons dry gin 
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice  
  • ½ tablespoon honey 
  • ¼ cup ginger beer, chilled 
  • Crystallized ginger, for serving

Method 

  • Add gin, lemon juice, and honey in a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. 
  • Shake vigorously until chilled.  
  • Strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass and top with ginger beer. 
  • Garnish with crystallized ginger. Serve immediately. 

Blueberry Basil Gin And Tonic 


Ingredients 

  • 4 chilled cocktail glasses 
  • 1 cup frozen blueberries 
  • 1 cup fresh basil leaves 
  • crushed ice 
  • 120 ml honey simple syrup 
  • 120 ml gin  
  • 2 cans tonic water  

Method 

  • Divide the frozen blueberries and fresh basil leaves into four glasses. 
  • Add crushed ice to each of them. Add 30 ml of honey simple syrup to each glass and add a shot of gin and top up with the tonic. 
  • Garnish with some basil leaves and blueberries. Enjoy. 

Spiced Gin And Tonic 

Ingredients

  • 2 oz gin  
  • 200 ml tonic water 
  • 1 slice of lime 
  • Ice cubes

Garnishes 

  • 4 juniper berries 
  • 2 peels of lemon  
  • 1 dry pepper  
  • 1 rosemary

Method 

  • Pour the gin into the cocktail glass and fill it with ice cubes. 
  • Then throw into the glass all your selected herbs and spices along with a squeeze of lime.  
  • Finally pour in the tonic water and stir gently with a straw. Garnish and serve.