one part gin, two part Pimms, four parts lemonade (as in 7-Up, Sprite, etc.).  Slices of lemon, orange, maybe lime (not partial to cucumber).  On ice.

LOL!

The above post was 11.42 & I've already been accused of Lifestyle-ism.

Not at all.

We can talk about style without dreaming up a 'lifestyle' over here. You can wear a button-down and live any life you choose.

Pimms, Polo and Croquet can sit quite well next to Stella, Footie & a nice Ruby Murray on a Friday night over here.

http://www.croquet.org.uk/garden/index.html

http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000149.html

Enjoy!

My mother, God rest her soul, sent a me set of Pimm's mugs many, many years ago when I was living in Lubbock, Texas. I enjoy a Pimm's from time to time. I have never seen fit to fortify it with extra gin, however. When I lived in Lubbock, my landlady had a lot of mint growing in her yard, so I could pick my garnish afresh. My only experience with Pimm's has been with the classic #1 (gin-based). As I recall, there were four other Pimm's Cup formulations, one using whiskey, and I don't remember what the others were based on. Anybody have experience with any of these? I don't know about their availability today. This would have been about 36 years ago.

Lubbock was a strange place when it came to booze. When I was there, it was the largest dry city in the United States, fundamentalist puritans in the form of Baptists and Church of Christers abounding there. Immediately south of the city limits were several huge, warehouse-sized liquor emporia that carried every alchoholic beverage known to man (except absinthe, I suppose, the Green Fairy being illegal in the USA at the time).

I don't add extra gin.  I can have twice as many that way! I garnish with whatever citrus is handy, and maybe fresh mint if serving to guests.  I have English friends who use cucumber spears.

I've always thought of a Pimms Cup as strictly British, and my love of them as an outgrowth of my Anglophilia.

Flounder

Never really thought to try Pimm's, but this thread piqued my interest. Lovely stuff, we go through a bottle or so a week now at Mclennan Castle. Lots of ice, topped up with lemonade.
The lower alcohol volume compared to a G&T can make mornings easier too.