This Is How Your Gin & Tonic Has Turned Into A Hipster Mess

Remember when gin & tonics were, well, gin & tonics?

According to this sly comedy video that compares the cocktail favorite between 2005 and now, it has turned into hipster-ized performance art.

Watch the clip above to see how far mixology has taken the happy hour classic.

Oh yeah, you really need to light it on fire.

H/T Laughing Squid

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