Tonic Water

[Travellingred]

Brill thank you

She can't remember where the quinine came from but she just googled it and picked a supplier! It's just important to get bark not powdered. Anyway....
28g quinine
62g citric acid
1l water
Zest of 3 limes
Zest of 3 lemons
3 stalks lemongrass sliced into rounds
Zest of 2 oranges
4 allspice berries
3 cardamom pods
4 cloves
Boil it all together for about 30 minutes then strain it and dissolve 600g of sugar into it. Allow to cool and put in a sterilised bottle. It's quite concentrated so just water it down to taste with soda water.

 

[RGeats]

That sounds like a great recipe! I see that malt Miller sell the bark but I don't usually order from them so it would be quite expensive to order just the bark. I'll have to see what else I need and do an order.

Thanks for taking the time to post the recipe, I really appreciate it

 

[gyurmaember]

Did you end up adding the sugar. I've got a pack to use but would rather use sugar than sweetener, am interested in your experience.

Thanks

I've done the 2nd batch with sugar, however I had only dextrose at home. It's not bad, but I have to tweak it. I think I should reduce the citric acid as well if I don't use the sweetener sachet.

The gin is on deal at Tesco's, so I'll get a couple of bottles tomorrow.

The last batch with the sweetener wasn't bad when diluted with gin.

 

[RGeats]

I went ahead and made it up with 900g sugar and I'm impressed to be honest. It's as nice as the tonic I normally buy and I really enjoy being able to just use a small amount and not have the rest of the bottle going flat! Need to tune the carbonation and line length in my kegerator. If I don't go down the route of making my own syrup using the above recipe then I'd definitely buy the kit again.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Try this line length calculator.
https://www.brewingcalculators.com/beer-line-length/