Recipe

• 5 parts gin

• 3 parts lemon juice

• 1 part sugar syrup

• 8 parts soda water

Shake the first three ingredients with ice, and pour into an old-fashioned glass. Add the soda water. Peel some zest off a lemon (I used a potato peeler) and add.

Simple and boring. The lemon juice totally overpowers the gin, and with so little syrup there's not enough sweetness to counteract the sourness and bitterness of the lemon and soda water. I'd prefer tonic any time!