a liquor question

[bacardi]

what is club soda and tonic water used for? i always see them in stores but I've never actually used them. I don't see them on menus and i don't recall seeing them in my little recipe book( it was a gift). are they used in substitute for coke/pepsi or juice or are they actually part of cocktails like grenadine? if anybody knows let me know i'm always lookin for different drink combos to try.

 

[maddgreek]

i drink and have for the past 20 years scotch and club soda.
it doesnt dilute the taste like (coke etc) but unlike water makes it a bit fizzy.

 

[bacardi]

so its a substitute for soda. is it only for dark liquor or is it good with both?

and i love your avatar

 

[Bob_Box]

friends drink gin and tonic which I find very disgusting but does look cool under black light.....it's like a soda water

 

[maddgreek]

so its a substitute for soda. is it only for dark liquor or is it good with both?

and i love your avatar

its best with what i call blonde scotches (Dewars , Cutty Shark , J&B etc) , you wouldnt want to mix it in a expensive ages scotch such as Johny Walker Blue Label , 18 yrd Old Crown Royal etc. basically it fizzes you scotch a bit but does not dilute the taste as in adding coke.

and yea the avatar describes alot of the picture posts here lately

 

[Gatorman]

In addition to gin, tonic (or quinine water) can also be mixed with rum (try it with Myer's dark rum) or vodka. Use lime (which I prefer) or lemon. It's kind of an acquired taste but not near as sweet as Coke or Seven Up.

 

[swede68]

Gin and tonic is my drink of choice. Prefer Bombay (Sapphire) and if that's not available, Beefeater. Love vodka as well (Swedish of course! :razz but not with tonic. Not much of a dark liquor drinker, unless of course that's all that's available!