Franklin & Sons Ltd. is a London base soda company in operation since the 1880’s. Their line of tonics include Ecuadorean sourced cinchona bark and Staffordshire Water *. Also Franklin & Sons Ltd Natural Indian Tonic Water is sweetened with sugar. They also claim to have the most carbonation possible, which is music to my … Read more
Powell and Mahoney are a Salem, Massachusetts based cocktail mixer company who makes all of their products in Vermont. They are “handcrafted out of small steam kettles.” [source] This description invokes a quaint comparison to the lurid still descriptions that are often on distillers’ websites. I found Powell and Mahoney Original Sparkling Tonic while in a … Read more
Canada Dry Tonic water with a twist of Lime is among an increasingly common trend in tonic waters to include a citrus flavor as part of the water. Many tonics include citric acid to add that note normally, but Canada Dry Tonic water with a twist of Lime takes it a level up and directly promotes … Read more
Mary Pellettieri— co-founder of La Pa Pavia beverages, creators of the Top Note line— began her career at Goose Island Brewery and Coors before creating the line. Top Note Bitter Lemon has much in common with Top Note Tonic Water. Conceptually Top Note Indian Tonic Water is unusual. It sets out to complicate the bitter element … Read more
Fever Tree continues to aggressively expand their flavored tonic water line. Fever Tree Cucumber Tonic Water launched in both Europe and the United States in 2019. It is included as part of their “refreshingly light” line of tonic waters. Similar to some of their other offerings, Fever Tree Cucumber Tonic Water is sweetened with Fructose. … Read more
Some things strike me as just being plain “not fair.” Here in the states we have one kind of Schweppes Tonic Water for sale. Its pretty much exactly what you expect: saccharine, and sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, and overall pretty much indistinguishable from other plastic bottle tonic waters available in supermarkets across America. But … Read more
El Guapo Bitters British Colonial Style Tonic Syrup fits squarely into the modern day trend of commercial tonic syrups. It’s also designed to be “highly concentrated” so that you only need a dash for each serving, Whereas many syrups minimum G&T serving is around 1 oz. [and therefore 8-9 servings per bottle], El Guapo suggests ¼ … Read more
East Imperial Old World Tonic sources all of their ingredients from Asia, taking their inspiration from India, where British soldiers and expats drank Gin with their tonics to ward off Malaria. Designed to be enjoyed with contemporary style gins, East Imperial Old World Tonic boasts of high quinine levels, low sugar (using natural cane sugar, by … Read more
Fentimans Tonic Waters’ are all botanically brewed, including their flagship Fentimans Tonic Water. Fentimans Pink Grapefruit Tonic Water is no different in that regard. It’s also flavored by ruby red grapefruit juice (<1% by volume); however, that’s not the sole flavoring. It also includes orange and regular grapefruit among its flavorings, along with some of … Read more
With rumors abound that Canada Dry doesn’t make their bitter lemon anymore, imagine my excitement to find it in a Florida grocery store (specifically a Publix in Weston, Florida). While bitter lemon is no longer as popular as it was twenty-five years ago it still has niche following. Among those who liked bitter lemon in … Read more