{"id":8725,"date":"2020-10-27T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/?post_type=tonicwater&p=8725"},"modified":"2020-10-27T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:24:05","slug":"grape-tonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/?p=8725","title":{"rendered":"Grape Tonic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I tried a Finnish Long Drink<\/a>, I was baffled by the grape tonic I saw on the shelves in Helsinki. After having the Finnish Long Drink<\/a>, I got it.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the name, the flavor is grapefruit and not grape. The color and opacity is similar to grapefruit sodas like Squirt.<\/p>\n

Tasting Notes<\/h2>\n

Slight and only mild white grapefruit flesh on the nose. The palate is similar to sweetened white grapefruit juice with a touch of lemon rind. Towards the end there’s a mild dash of bitterness and an acidic grapefruit character. It’s certainly more grape than it is tonic, but both are present.<\/p>\n

Decent fizz with moderate sized bubbles which dissipate rather quickly.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed Grape Tonic, mostly because it allowed me to create a rough approximation of the Finnish Long Drink with a custom amount of gin. I found dialing the gin up to almost parity (1:1) created a nice balance of grapefruit and juniper; however, the fizz and bitterness wasn’t enough to carry it through. I’d suggest a more classic 1 part gin, 2 parts Grape Tonic, garnished with a lemon wedge to add a nice counterpoint to the grapefruit.<\/p>\n

Overall<\/h2>\n

Nice balance, and a good make-your-own-long-drink option for those who prefer a little less convenience or want to make their own grapefruit and gin concoction. More fizz and more bitterness are what I was looking for; however, it does a good job within a very specific gin drink niche.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I tried a Finnish Long Drink, I was baffled by the grape tonic I saw on the shelves in Helsinki. After having the Finnish Long Drink, I got it. Contrary to the name, the flavor is grapefruit and not grape. The color and opacity is similar to grapefruit sodas like Squirt. Tasting Notes Slight … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}