Grapefruit gin & tonic aperitif
Featuring Juno, our velvet hippo.
This made 2.
4 oz gin (Farmer's)
6 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz Campari
1 oz lime
8 oz tonic (fever tree light tonic, la mejor)
Stirred with ice, strained over fresh ice with one lime wedge squeezed in and put in. A little watery, the grapefruit maybe not quite perfect but it's good.
Because the fever tree comes in weird sized bottles, there was left over so I made a gin & tonic for my daughter's girlfriend. She did not like it but a splash of St. Germain fixed it for her.
This sounds great. So refreshing for summer.
Those look fantastic, but you've got to tell Juno to lay off the sauce
She is like a black hole, so much mass for her size. Our other dog is both taller and longer but they weigh the same amount.
And yes they were good - I don't generally like gin but somehow gin & tonic is better than anything else & tonic.
Why the Campari?
To make it a little more bitter & add a little bit of sweet, it made it better. Amplifies the grapefruit.
Thanks for sharing.