Name: Gen'tonique
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gentian liqueur; 12.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 90 ml Tonic water

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina

3 fl oz

Thomas Henry Tonic Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a ROCKS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.

Lightly stir.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Gen'tonique contains 124 calories

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
5.79% alc./vol. (11.58° proof)
8.6 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 10w

what a surprice, I did not expect such an amazing cocktail with those few and simple ingedients. totally liked it, fresh, not sweet not dry, bitterness with yellow fruits coming through and lasting taste. Perfect for this 23 degree C heatwave midnight in Copenhagen. I used Fewer Tree's normal tonic, Dubonnet and the Suze. And the lemon peel :-)

Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 31w

I tried with Suze and Dubonnet, truly excellent.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Use a not-overly sugared tonic and well chilled glassware and this is perfect warm weather drinking and a showcase for Suze. Perfectly balanced sweet herbal bitter flavours. Love the supporting role of the Byrrh here, adding a touch of fruit and roundedness.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

I used midnight mixers classic dry tonic, which i think is a good quality local alternative to fever tree if you’re in Australia.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Using what I had, this turned out much more moreish than I'd anticipated - Salers, 2:1 blend of Cocchi Americano to Punt e Mes, and Fever Tree Light tonic water. Bold, blush, and bitter up front, drying out in the aftertaste... If this was batched and bottled commercially, I might buy it by the case.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Sounds like reasonable subs. Dubonnet could be another option.

Matt Premium Member 2y

Very nice and refreshing gentian cocktail! I used Bonal in place of Byrrh, and found the base (Suze and Bonal) to be very nice on it's own, but really liked the effect of tonic water - diluting the drink and adding a bit of quinine bitterness.

Arild Anda 3y

Thanks, I much appreciate expanding on low alcohol drinks like this one. Schweppes tonic did a good job — the crispness suits it well. One basil top was also an excellent complement. I also agree that it is absolutely possible to play with proportions here — Byrrh and tonic is an excellent combo on its own!