Really? I recall it being available certainly from ca1994 onwards, possibly before.

It may have gone on hiatus? They have a habit of doing that with some things - I know I had to get some Pimms brought over for me in 200x because it wasn't carried in the LCBO. Another drink vanished in ~ 2008 and came back again a couple of years ago - I know they can't stock everything, but if they could stock the things I like please that would be helpful :)

In the early 2000s I used to bring Pimm's to more-English-than-English friends who lived on the Kingsway when I came to visit from London. They were always delighted that I brought back something from 'the old country'. Eventually I could contain the humour no longer and told them that I bought it in the LBCO on Weston Road!

Brilliant!!!!

When it's hotter than hades, nothing like a nice Daiquiri (no frozen stuff) with some good white Rum or Rhum. Up if you're in a good mood, on the rocks if you will be drinking all day...

And anytime is a good time for a G&T!

Another vote for Pimms but, please, not the pre-mixed out of the squirty things pubs have.

Taking a break from G&T, my favorite cold drink lately (which is not very different) is gin and ginger ale, with a slice of lemon or lime. I think it's called a Foghorn. Just a short step from a Moscow Mule.

Gin & Tonic. When in Hawaii, nothing like a Tropical Itch to kick you over the edge at sunset.

Just got back from a vacation in Italy....and was introduced to a "Spritz". Prosecco and Aperol with an orange slice.... drank a plethora of them in the hot sun in the Amalfi Coast.....

Sounds like a nice drink for "outdoors on a pavement in the sun" as Ian Fleming put it.

Myself, I like an Americano for that, but an Aperol Spritz is a time-honored classic I've been meaning to try.