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tonic water question sounds odd, but it's important

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of course it's important. it's about booze.

do any of you drunkards know if you can get unsweetened tonic water. not sugar free, but with NO sweetener - no sugar, and saccharine, no aspartame, nothin'.

I love gin and tonic, but after three or four, I feel like I'm drinking sugar water. It gets vile, and what I'd like is to get good tonic water with no sweetener, and then if I find it too bitter, add some syrup or something.

I've asked at the liquor store, the bar, the google (heh), no luck. But they all said 'I don't know', not 'No. There is no such thing.', so I ask you, the people I should have asked first, you true connoisseurs of corn liquor, you heroes of hooch, you wizards of whiskey - Is there such a thing as unsweetened tonic water, and if so, what is the brand name, or from where can i order it?

I thank you.

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I'll tell you what no one else wants to: there is no such thing. Just like Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, and a well-groomed Frenchman, unsweetened tonic water doesn't exist.


Now, welcome to the boad, new guy buys, I'll take a Wild Turkey with a small glass of unsweetened tonic water.
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thanks for the straight answer, Rufus!

I'll cover the tab. And if you ever get to Tallahassle, FL, I'll get it for real.

gaaa! what the hell!? The real,original tonic sure as hell wasn't sweetened! I guess, I've bought xanax from India, maybe i can buy quinine fro China, and make my own.

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0x1A8 wrote:thanks for the straight answer, Rufus!

I'll cover the tab. And if you ever get to Tallahassle, FL, I'll get it for real.

gaaa! what the hell!? The real,original tonic sure as hell wasn't sweetened! I guess, I've bought xanax from India, maybe i can buy quinine fro China, and make my own.
0x1A8,

Welcome to the board! Here's a Wikip for tonic water (in case you haven't already Googled it):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_water

I don't know if you can get straight quinine w/o a doctor's help, but it's worth investigating. I'd like to try an authentic, East Indian Company G&T myself.

I see you're from FL. It would seem that concerns about mosquito-carried diseases must have been a local issue for your neck-of-the-woods, at some point in history, as well. Is there a local tradition of quinine-assisted drinks?

But I'll take a regular G&T, if you're buying, please sir!

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I've found Tonic Water with Quinine before; less than 6 months ago I got it at a Sunfresh in Kansas City. I don't know if it was free of sweetners, but it was still rather bitter tasting.

I can't recall the brand name, but that's because I'm pretty positive it lacked one. It was just "TONIC WATER" which stated "WITH QUININE" on the front label.
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Until you find one (there must be some in Belgium - ha!), you can always soften the sweet taste by adding and extra splash of Gin. That works for me.

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One for the Frog wrote:Until you find one (there must be some in Belgium - ha!), you can always soften the sweet taste by adding and extra splash of Gin. That works for me.
OftF,

Good point...extra gin.

Yeah, I'll have to ask around, but G&T's aren't a real popular drink here in Belgium. (would you like a beer?) Maybe my liquor guy in Amsterdam will have some insight on high-quinine tonic water, but it's really a 19th, early-20th century Brit thing.

I don't care about the sweeteners so much (that was the OP's quibble). But it WOULD be interesting to taste a G&T made with a high-quinine content, like they did back in the day.
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peetie44 wrote:
One for the Frog wrote:Until you find one (there must be some in Belgium - ha!), you can always soften the sweet taste by adding and extra splash of Gin. That works for me.
OftF,

Good point...extra gin.

Yeah, I'll have to ask around, but G&T's aren't a real popular drink here in Belgium. (would you like a beer?) Maybe my liquor guy in Amsterdam will have some insight on high-quinine tonic water, but it's really a 19th, early-20th century Brit thing.

I don't care about the sweeteners so much (that was the OP's quibble). But it WOULD be interesting to taste a G&T made with a high-quinine content, like they did back in the day.
I'm really sorry, I was referring to an old joke. Last time I left this board everyone who mentioned Belgium agreed that it's a Country That Never Existed.

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One for the Frog wrote:
Last time I left this board everyone who mentioned Belgium agreed that it's a Country That Never Existed.
Well, the locals ARE presently working overtime to make Belgian non-existence a reality.

Meanwhile, there IS "Bier Huis" in Lommel (Limbourg, Flanders)...
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i wouldn't mind taking a run at that place!
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I find that simply adding very little tonic is my best bet, just enough to flavour but without actually making it taste all tonic like.....then again i just drink the gin now cos i prefer it.
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club-fucking-soda
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Gin McGuinness wrote:club-fucking-soda
Tried that but it dont taste right.
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captain gonzo wrote:
Gin McGuinness wrote:club-fucking-soda
Tried that but it dont taste right.
then you got no taste
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It tastes all carbon dioxide-y

gin straight....out the bottle....whats distateful about that?

Either that or 6:1 with vermouth and olive brine, stirred on ice and served in an ice cold cocktail glass....
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