Sir, – Congratulations to Amy O'Connor for her article on the plight of the humble gin and tonic (Life, October 20th).
I have just returned from the southeast of the country where I visited a five-star hotel. In the bar, I ordered a CDC gin and Schweppes tonic.
I was told they didn’t stock CDC gin! I was amazed. This has never happened to me before in IreIand.
I was asked if I would like to pick one of the other gins available instead. There were 22 other gins on the list.
Amy O’Connor quotes a man who calls the humble gin and tonic “something your Granny would drink”. That is fine. Let those who wish to drink their exotic gin and tonic out of a goldfishbowl, with cucumber and berries, do so, but please don’t deny the grannies their “humble” tipple in a long glass with ice and lemon!– Yours, etc,
SHEILA KEOGH,
Castletroy,
Limerick.