Tonic Boom

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (12 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
6 oz Thomas Henry Tonic Water
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

POUR tonic water into old-fashioned glass. Then POUR gin into shot glass. Instruct drinker to hold gin-filled shot glass directly over surface of tonic water and drop shot into old-fashioned glass and consume.

Review:

Essentially a gin and tonic bomb. To quote a Portobello Star regular, "the thinking man's Jager Bomb".

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History:

Created in 2010 by Edward 'Teddy' McPartland at The Portobello Star, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Tonic Boom contains 136 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.8 standard drinks
  • 5.35% alc./vol. (5.35° proof)
  • 11.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Myxo Gastrid’s Avatar Myxo Gastrid
16th October 2022 at 00:24
"the thinking man's Jager bomb," ugh. but sure, gin and tonic definitely won't be bad
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Anonymous

13th January 2022 at 00:17
why. just make a gin and tonic. call your mom. dont.