Drinking Alone - Don't call it a comeback

Alcohol related advice so good, that if you take heed, you won't need anyone else around to enjoy the experience... You can even be alone in your parents house, where you are "temporarily" living, while you "save money".

It's hot-as-balls here at the NLNC corporate headquarters and it got us thinking about one of our favorite summer drinks--the good ole Gin and Tonic. Recently we've read in two of those men'sy type magazines, and been told by one of our leading alcohol consultants, that gin is making a comeback. We weren't really aware that it ever left. We've always liked gin. Yeah it's kinda oily, but we've always liked the bitterness, especially when mixed with tonic water and a bunch of ice on a hot day.

English colonials invented the drink in the 19th century to fight the Indian mosquitoes and hold-off malaria...medicine was a lot cooler back then.

How to make it:

1) Chill a large high-ball glass and then fill it with ice cubes.

2) Fill about 1/2 the glass with dry London gin. We always go with Bombay or Tanqueray, never Beefeater--the name reminds us of an ex-girlfriend we don't really care for.

3) Fill the remainder with tonic water, garnish with a lime, and enjoy.