Tonic Water

Double Dutch launches scholarship for aspiring female bartenders

08-Mar-2021 By Stuart Stone

Premium tonic and mixer brand Double Dutch is celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 by unveiling its Female Bartender Scholarship Programme.

Lord Sugar invests in tonic water company

13-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Alan Sugar's investment company Amsvest will invest in a brand of tonic waters that use natural honey as a sweetener and are aimed at health-conscious consumers.

In association with Fever-Tree

Three G&T serves you won’t be able to resist

09-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The humble gin and tonic; what can go wrong and what more can be done to such a simple drink? The answer to both questions is, actually, quite a lot.

In association with Fever-Tree

How to grow a gin garnish garden

05-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Whether you’re growing them on the bar for staff to garnish drinks with or in your pub garden for consumers to pick and choose for themselves, a G&T garnish garden is a quirky way to create a bit of atmosphere and theatre.

In association with Fever-Tree

My Pub Garden: ‘This is how we created a G&T Garden’

21-May-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Set in the idyllic Dorset countryside, the Castle Inn, in Lulworth, has a sprawling garden and a terrace ripe for drinking a quenching gin and tonic. But general manager David Hargreaves-Putt explains there’s even more going on beyond the pub’s boundaries.

In association with Fever-Tree

How to create your own Gin Garden of Eden

21-May-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

It is no surprise the once humble gin and tonic is in steep growth, buoyed by increasing demand for exciting premium tonics, the proliferation of which has undoubtedly helped kick-start the gin revolution. So why aren’t we celebrating this enchanting...

Gin brand NB Distillery launches first mixer

02-Nov-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

A Scottish gin producer has launched its own tonic with soft drinks brand Bon Accord, which will be rolled out nationally next year.

Adnams develops its own tonic water

31-Oct-2017 By James Beeson

Family-owned brewery and distiller Adnams has produced its own tonic water to accompany its range of gins and vodkas.

International Gin and Tonic Day

10 real #GinProblems pubs can help customers avoid

19-Oct-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Brits have taken to Twitter to vent their real-life and sometimes worrying gin problems, which range from no tonic to too much gin choice. Here are 10 #GinProblems pubs can help their customers avoid this International Gin and Tonic Day.

Schweppes rebrands tonics and creates new flavours

02-Oct-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Tonic water brand Schweppes has overhauled its image and developed a new range of flavours, the biggest activity in its recent history, which will be backed by a £6.6m marketing campaign.

BrewDog unveils Lone Wolf tonic water and G&T

22-Sep-2017 By James Beeson

Lone Wolf spirits, the distillery of UK craft beer brewery BrewDog, has launched its own tonic water and canned gin and tonic (G&T).

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Hendrick’s hits the road with serving lessons

29-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Hendrick’s is hitting the road and visiting 100 mainstream bars nationwide starting today (29 May), to show staff how to serve the cucumber- and rose-infused gin – with cucumber slices.

Nick Clegg takes tonic water to India

26-Aug-2014 By Robyn Black

They say you shouldn’t take coals to Newcastle or tea to China but posh soft drinks brand Fever Tree is taking tonic water to India.

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Event and promotional ideas for your pub

13-Jun-2014 By Pub Food

Event and promotional ideas for your pub

Fever-Tree's vodka boost

22-Nov-2010 By Robyn Black

Posh mixer brand Fever-Tree has developed a tonic water especially to go with vodka. The new Mediterranean Tonic Water is made with thyme and...

Diageo: minimum pricing a blunt instrument

11-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney

Diageo bosses have hit out against minimum pricing of alcohol as a "pretty blunt instrument" for dealing with excessive drinking. The Scottish...

Guns and flat tonic - a Gothic horror tale

09-Nov-2006

Andrew Jefford and friends don capes (and kilts) in a desperate mission, via Biggin Hill and Aberdeen, to spread the word about quality mixers

White Spirits

31-Jul-2001

John Porter examines the thousand-year history of white spirits and offers licensees advice on how today's customers expect to have them served.While...