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
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
Endeavour Tonic Water is a store brand tonic water found in New Zealand produced by NZ Drinks Ltd. It is named for the HMS Endavour, the ship on which Europeans first saw New Zealand’s coast line. Calorie-wise Endeavour Tonic Water is 90 calories for a 250 mL serving. Tasting Notes There’s a pleasant effervescence early … Read more
Ed. Note— the name of this product may be offensive to some readers. I’m using the official name of the product because that is what it says on the label, but will refer to the ingredient by its more common name, Makrut Lime. For more on why I choose this terminology with gin’s international audience, Wikipedia has … Read more
With a name like Regatta, it should be no surprise that Regatta Mixers is now the official craft mixers of U.S. Sailing. Affinity Beverages out of New York re-launched the Regatta brand in 2019 with sharp, clean labels and a strong lifestyle associated brand. But more importantly— rather than competing within a crowded standard tonic … 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
Personally, I prefer my tequila neat or with a little bit of club soda. Tequila and tonic water may not be my jam— but is is the inspiration for Fever Tree’s first tonic water designed specifically around a single brand and spirit. Fever Tree Citrus Tonic Water was designed in collaboration with Patrón and intended … Read more
If you compared Q Tonic to the other big names in tonic water, you might have noticed one thing. They were the only one to not have a light/low-calorie option. That seemed forgivable, after all Q Tonic was a mere 40ish calories per serving as it was. Not to be outdone, Q Drinks have launched … Read more
Adirondack Tonic Water is produced by Adirondack Beverages— a regional soda brand based out of the Scotia, NY. While not in the Adirondack Mountains, Scotia is sufficiently close that they sought to invoke the nearby natural wonders for their product line. Their tonic water is rather by-the-numbers. 90 calories per 8 oz. (slightly less than … 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