Jack Rudy Cocktail Co. Small Batch Tonic

Χώρα παραγωγής: United States

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A quinine concentrate designed to be mixed with gin or vodka and lengthened with soda water to make a highball. As you’d expect of such a tonic, quinine from the Cinchona Tree is the main botanical with cane sugar used to counter its bitterness. Small Batch Tonic should be refrigerated upon opening.

The Rudy Cocktail Company is named after the founder’s great-grandfather, Jack Rudy. His story I recounted on the bottle: “Jack Rudy was many things. He was a pilot who illegally flew his plane under the Ohio River Bridge (on a dare), an inventor who created a mechanical device for pharmacists to count pills, and a craftsman who once built a houseboat out of an old city bus. After serving as an aircraft mechanic in WWII, he spent his working life as an engineer. He read Popular Mechanics and National Geographic cover to cover - a curious type who made his own bullets, and shot them into a dirt wall he constructed in his basement. In addition to being a ‘marvelous’ dancer, he LOVED to entertain and was known to overindulge in drink, smoke, and his wife’s gourmet cooking.”

Αξιολόγηση

Η γευσιγνωσία έγινε στις 19/02/2013

Όψη:

(Batch No. 000055) Clear rose gold.

Μύτη:

Subdued, earthy new leather with subtle floral and herbal notes reminiscent of herbal tea. Not recognisably quinine.

Στόμα:

Syrupy sweet entry. Confected lemon, sharp citric acid before fading with lemon curd and bitter quinine.

Επίγευση:

When sampled in a G&T we found the recommended 3/4oz too much, producing a noticeably sweet, almost cloying G&T. Reduce to 1/2oz resulted in a G&T that was light on quinine but allowed the gin to shine through. However, even this was not as refreshing, lacking the crispness and bite of a traditional G&T. We fail to see how this is an improvement on a quality tonic water. Certainly more agro to use.