Pennyback Tonic Water hails from Austin, Texas and is the latest in craft approaches to Tonic Water. The Pennyback Tonic website describes their market as the “[customer] grown tired of sweet syrupy products traditionally available in the mixer marketplace.” [Source] Pennyback Tonic uses two sweeteners— cane sugar and agave; however, it’s still only 80 calories … Read more
Iceland may be a small nation, but it punches well above it’s weight in terms of gin. In others words, there’s a lot of good gin being distilled in Iceland. Glacierfire is the first craft Icelandic tonic maker, and Glacierfire Botanic Tonic Water is one of six(!) in their lineup. Firstly, all of Glacierfire’s tonic … Read more
I walked into my next door bodega, and asked if if they had any tonic water. He said, “We have club soda, it’s the same thing.” I kindly told him that it’s not. He asked me, “What are you making?” “Gin and Tonic,” I said. “Yep, the same thing. Club soda and Tonic water are … Read more
I can’t get enough tonic syrup. This is by far the best trend to hit gin since gin became cool again. Straight out of Oklahoma City. I know, you probably didn’t think of Oklahoma as a hot bed of cocktail incubation. But this is what I love about the craft spirits thing. It’s everywhere. Really. … Read more
Ruby D’s Citrus Quinine Tonic takes their main tonic syrup offering and subtracts some of the herbs and spices and instead veers in a totally different direction with citrus zest and citrus oils. It’s part of a series of tonic syrups which instead of cultivating a following based around catering to one subset of the tonic … Read more
Small Hand Foods’ Yeoman Tonic Syrup uses red cinchona bark (the usual bark in tonic) along with lemon juice, gentian extract, sweet and bitter orange peels, lemon peels and cinnamon. Yeoman Tonic Syrup is described as being inspired by James Burrough and Desmond Payne of Beefeater Gin fame. This syrup is sweetened with both cane sugar and … Read more
In the world of artificial sweeteners, Stevia has definitely seen its stock rise. Approved by the United States Food and Drug Association in 2008, it’s emerged as the artificial sweetener alternative of choice. However, Stevia has elicited some mixed reactions. Let me quote a piece by Svati Narula published in Quartz in 2014: “But consumers … Read more
The Gin is In has covered several variants of the Jeffrey’s Tonic Syrup line. Jeffrey’s Lime, Galangal, and Orange Tonic Syrup won our 2018 award for Best Flavored Tonic Syrup. Jeffrey’s Tonic began with a book about gin— And that was all the inspiration that Mike and Maureen needed to take on their adventure in developing … Read more
Iceland may be a small nation, but it punches well above it’s weight in terms of gin. In others words, there’s a lot of good gin being distilled in Iceland. Glacierfire is the first craft Icelandic tonic maker, and Glacierfire Berry Tonic Water is one of six(!) in their lineup. Firstly, all of Glacierfire’s tonic … Read more
Fever Tree’s Premium Indian Tonic Water— or more succinctly— Fever Tree Tonic is one of the first wave of “high quality tonic waters” that burst onto the G&T scene in the late 00’s and early 10’s. Now, well established, the Fever Tree brand has spawned a whole line of high quality mixers: a bitter lemon, … Read more