Bet you didn’t even know we had a gin day, but here it is: June 13.
Since we’re guessing you already have a favourite gin (or, check out Death’s Door and Eau Claire) in your arsenal, let’s talk about the other side of gin’s most famous equation: tonic.
Q Tonic is bringing the artisanal ethos to the word of tonic water. It’s made in New York, with quinine from the Andes and organic agave from Mexico, and best of all: no high-fructose corn syrup. The agave is sweet enough.
Gin & Tonic Thyme
Ingredients
4 oz. Q Tonic
2 oz. gin
4 sprigs of thyme
1 lime wedge
Method
Add gin to a cocktail shaker. Place 3 sprigs in it and gently muddle. Add ice and shake. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and garnish with a lime wedge and sprig of thyme.
Officer’s Club
Ingredients
3 oz. Q Tonic
2 oz. gin
Grapefruit juice
Dash of Peychaud Bitters
Method
Fill your best highball glass with three ice cubes. Add gin and grapefruit juice, then top with Q Tonic and a dash of Peychaud Bitters. Stir to combine.
Gin-ger Tonic
Ingredients
3 oz. Q Tonic
2 oz. gin
1 oz. ginger infused simple syrup
.5 oz. lime juice
1 lemon wedge
Candied ginger
Method
Fill a highball glass with ice. Add 2 ounces of your favourite gin, 1 ounce ginger infused simple syrup, and .5 ounce of lime juice. Top with 3 ounces of Q Tonic, stir and garnish with a lemon wedge and/or piece of candied ginger.
