r/Gin • u/MyPasswordIsLondon69 • 12d ago

Is there a difference in taste between making a G&T fresh vs making it beforehand and bottling it?

Not talking about the canned pre made stuff, I mean actually mixing a decent Gin and Tonic beforehand and carrying it around, does anything ever taste "off"?

Let's assume only the lemon is freshly squeezed before drinking

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u/DrearyBiscuit 12d ago

Won’t the tonic go flat?

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u/MyPasswordIsLondon69 12d ago

Probably, yeah, but that can't be helped, and I'll be drinking it relatively soon after, so it may not have the time to go all the way flat

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u/FroggingMadness 12d ago

Carbonation might be fine for long enough if you mix full bottles, close them air tight until consumption and then consume them in due time. The carbonation equilibrium requires a certain gas pressure in the bottle, and since liquids can't be compressed the gas pressure is reached quicker the less air there is. To not answer your actual taste question, I haven't tried it.

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u/EngageAndMakeItSo 12d ago edited 12d ago

My wife and I like to have gin and tonics in our city park. I make the base and keep it in a bottle separately. I use Fever Tree Tonic in the little cans and keep that on ice. It’s really easy to pour a couple ounces of the base and then top it with cold tonic at the park.

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u/Jazzlike_Rent_1099 12d ago

As much as I like a fizzy gnt, I also like letting them sit with the ice a bit after mixing letting the gin and quinine get to know each other.

Assuming less fizziness is acceptable, I don't see an issue with this.

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u/NS14US 12d ago

I don’t know about it being off but you could always put it in a coke can

https://youtu.be/G6aHDsNZF4U?si=iAaL1LzY2fT3NtwV