- Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of SpiritWorks.
This episode I'm going to be talking to you
all about some of the tonic brands
that I mentioned in the previous episodes,
where I gave you my top seven gins
that you need to try in 2018.
This episode is dedicated to one of those brands
of tonic water that I mentioned, Double Dutch.
Love their tonic waters,
love the brand, love what they're doing.
Brilliant.
Joyce and Raissa, two Dutch twins,
I'm not sure where they're based at,
well they're definitely based in London,
but whether they still live part time back in Holland,
I'm not sure, but they're over here,
creating a whirlwind,
changing the tonic scene up,
giving Fever-Tree a run for their money,
which is brilliant stuff.
They've gone down a really different route to Fever-Tree.
They've gone all about flavours,
whereas Fever-Tree are trying
to keep their classic tonic water flavour alive,
and let's start off with their first one,
their Indian tonic.
Now the story behind this is basic,
we've all tried tonic,
a lot of people don't like gin and tonic,
they think they don't like gin,
it's actually the tonic they don't like.
The tonic's very bitter.
That's why this drink,
this Indian tonic stemmed from
was purely because they've taken that bitterness away.
This had got a slight hint of red grapefruit with it,
it takes away that bitterness.
Really lovely, smooth tonic water,
goes really well with Opihr,
as I mentioned in that episode.
Brilliant tonic, love it,
really, really nice.
All natural, it's got the quinine
and all that sort of stuff in it as well,
so there we go.
That's a normal, classic Indian tonic,
orange label, remember that.
Their second tonic, this is my big seller
without a shadow of a doubt,
the one I go through loads of,
goes with the Brockmans,
it goes in some of my cocktail recipes as well.
Let's hold that up there.
Can we see that?
Cranberry and ginger tonic water.
Lovely, lovely flavours.
It just works exceptionally well
with Brockmans because it's got that fruitier flavour to it.
It works with vodka,
it works with anything like that, really nice.
As a mocktail, a few berries,
mint, that kind of thing.
Lovely.
Go and try that out.
There we go, cranberry and ginger tonic water.
The third one, nearly sell as much of this
as the cranberry and ginger,
but it's only with one gin.
I haven't got this in any cocktails that sell at the moment,
cucumber and watermelon.
That just takes Hendricks to a whole new level.
There is another cucumber tonic water
out there on the market,
but because of the watermelon in this,
it just creates a wonderful drink,
really, really lovely,
and for those people that like
the kind of floral soft drinks as well,
this is brilliant for that.
Just have it on its own over ice,
cucumber, bit of mint in there maybe,
but cucumber and watermelon.
Try that with Hendricks.
I promise you, you will not drink Hendricks
and normal tonic water again after you've tried that.
This one, here we go.
Where are we?
That's their fourth one,
pomegranate and basil.
Now this is my go to for Gin Mare,
as I mentioned in that previous episode,
really, really lovely,
quite a savoury kind of tonic water,
it's not bursting with fruit
like the cranberry and ginger one.
Pomegranate and basil, just brilliant,
compliments Gin Mare, a treat.
Actually I've tried this with one red with rhubarb as well,
works very well with that,
but I personally would just stick to a Gin Mare, job done.
This is, I wouldn't really call
this a tonic water, to be honest,
I'm not sure whether it's got quinine in it.
Let's have a little look.
No, no quinine in it.
It's their limited edition oakwood and spices.
Brand new, I think it's been out about a month or so now.
I've had this probably about a week or so,
haven't had the chance to properly play with it yet.
I've tried it neat, on it's own,
really lovely, spices and oakwood.
It might actually go with a few darker spirits as well,
but we'll crack that out in a few weeks time,
and have a play, see what's there.
The other product of Double Dutch's
that I haven't got up here with me
is their ginger beer.
Really lovely ginger beer, quite fiery,
hasn't got the sugar levels of Old Jamaica,
which is what I'd normally use in cocktails,
but if you do use the Double Dutch ginger beer,
alls you need is a tiny bit of sugar
to get that sweetness
which most people prefer in their dark and stormies.
So lovely.
If you wanna get a hold of these drinks,
I used to buy from TheDrinkShop.com online.
So if you want to, you can buy from them.
The better way to get them, Ocado.
Ocado break these down into four packs,
they're a little bit more expensive than Fever-Tree,
it's about three pounds, I think,
for a four pack, so 75 pence a bottle,
but if you're doing a one to three ratio of gin and tonic,
so three quarters of a bottle of that
is gonna cost you about 55, 60 pence
for a tonic water there.
Lovely.
Go and try those out.
Doubledutchdrinks.com, Joyce and Raissa.
The whole point of this is,
as I say, if you're at home,
and you want a different drink, brilliant.
If you're running a bar or a pub,
and you wanna be different to your competition,
if you wanna create different drinks,
then I seriously recommend you get a hold of these.
These are my go to tonics, as I said,
they will be for a few years to come.
Job done.
Doubledutchdrinks.com, go and check them out,
especially the cranberry and ginger.
So I've been Steve the Barman,
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