The REAL Raffles G&T
3 oz. Bombay Sapphire---from the FREEZER WHERE IT BELONGS, when not in use!!!
1/4 REAL lemon, squeezed well
1 (tiny) drop Angosturra Bitters
3-6 cubes o' ice
balance--Schweppes
repeat, again and again and again.....
OR---
The "South Side" (from Long Island)
Tons o' REAL squeezed lemon juice (start by rendering a gallon, if you're drinking alone)
Equal Volume of REAL sugar (skimp: 5 lbs. instead o' 8)
(now you have made the bar-syrup)
Equal Volume Bombay Sapphire (Tank's okay--marginally--for this one--Bombay has the Boquet))
(you now have 50% Gin, 25% lemon-juice, 25% sugar---right?) NOW...
Fill the glass half-way with this concoction----and the second half with Club Soda...
Add a sprig of FRESH mint
Drink staggering quantities of either.......okay...BOTH
Your Test for beddie-bye-time? You purposefully drive the nail of your index finger into the flesh of your cheek---and have to look in the mirror to see if you've made contact...TA-TA
"The Doc"
PS I did this all night at Belmondo Estates Beach, Tortola (1976)---didn't drink a drop meself(!) but got physically exhausted keeping the bodies above the breaking surf....