{"id":8987,"date":"2020-10-27T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/?post_type=tonicwater&amp;p=8987"},"modified":"2020-10-27T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:24:05","slug":"bottle-green-elderflower-tonic-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonicreviews.com\/?p=8987","title":{"rendered":"Bottle Green Elderflower Tonic Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Elderflower is a popular flavor in gin and tonics. Take note that we&#8217;ve reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/tonic-water-review\/fever-tree-elderflower-tonic\/\">Fever Tree&#8217;s Elderflower Tonic Water<\/a> before. And we&#8217;ve reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/tonic-water-review\/jack-rudy-cocktail-co-elderflower-tonic\/\">Jack Rudy&#8217;s Elderflower Tonic Syrup<\/a> before.<\/p>\n<p>Elderflower has been referred to (sometime pejoratively) as the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/drinkwire.liquor.com\/post\/bartenders-ketchup\">ketchup<\/a> of the cocktail world.*&#8221; Bottle Green Elderflower Tonic Water is squarely within that space. But let&#8217;s not dismiss elderflower out of hand. The flavor itself is magical. And I love its flavor in a G&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p>Bottle Green&#8217;s Elderflower Tonic Water is sweetened with sugar, flavored with natural favor and elderflowers.<\/p>\n<h2>Tasting Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Poured, Bottle Green Elderflower Tonic Water erupts in a quick forming head of foam. Medium-to-large bubbles adhere to the bottom of the glass, in fair number. The nose is exceptionally sweet, almost candy elderflower.<\/p>\n<p>The palate is nicely colored by a pleasant fizziness, especially at the tip of the tongue. Very sweet elderflower notes mid-palate. The sweetness endures, with the finish being a mix of spectures of cloying sweet elderflower and mild quinine notes.<\/p>\n<p>I tried a Gin and Tonic with <a href=\"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/gin-reviews\/top-piedmont-gin\/\">Topo PIedmont Gin<\/a>. It combined quite nicely with the gin.\u00a0Bottle Green Elderflower Tonic Water did add a lot of sweetness; however, in this case, I really felt like it was the right complement. If you dig sweet tonic that is. I was pleasantly surprised at how the elderflower was balanced when mixed. It provided the right top note and didn&#8217;t overwhelm; Topo was still the star but it had an Elderflower note it didn&#8217;t before.<\/p>\n<p>I then tried it with Canada&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/gin-reviews\/ungava-gin\/\">Ungava Gin<\/a>. Similarly,\u00a0Bottle Green Elderflower Tonic Water \u00a0added a slightly cloying sweetness; however, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/theginisin.com\/tonic-tags\/tonic-water\/\">tonic water<\/a>, I think it works. It doesn&#8217;t overpower, even though it&#8217;s flavored.<\/p>\n<p>My primary critique might be that&#8217;s a touch sweeter than I normally like. I&#8217;d perhaps like a touch more bitterness on the finish, but overall Bottle Green&#8217;s approach doesn&#8217;t disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/food\/drink-this-cocktail-in-memory-of-the-man-behind-st-germain-a-bartending-staple\/2016\/05\/02\/6f7026fc-1073-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html\">Rest In Peace, Robert Cooper.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elderflower is a popular flavor in gin and tonics. Take note that we&#8217;ve reviewed Fever Tree&#8217;s Elderflower Tonic Water before. And we&#8217;ve reviewed Jack Rudy&#8217;s Elderflower Tonic Syrup before. Elderflower has been referred to (sometime pejoratively) as the &#8220;ketchup of the cocktail world.*&#8221; Bottle Green Elderflower Tonic Water is squarely within that space. 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