Tonic Water Cocktails For Your Next Drink

Tonic water is a versatile mixer that can elevate your cocktails, offering a unique blend of sweetness and bitterness that complements a wide range of spirits beyond just the simple G&T. If you are looking to bore your friends to tears with intricate knowledge of Tonic Water varieties and nuances - you've come to the right website. Whether you’re enjoying a classic gin and tonic or experimenting with new concoctions, tonic water enhances the flavors of your favorite beverages. Its crisp, refreshing taste pairs beautifully with various spirits, including gin, vodka, and even tequila, making it an essential ingredient for any cocktail enthusiast.

StrangeLove’s premium tonic water is the perfect choice for crafting simple yet elevated cocktails or highballs. Crafted using local high-quality ingredients and a balanced flavor profile, these Tonics provide the ideal foundation to experiment with new drink formulations. From traditional mixes to creative twists, StrangeLove tonic water will elevate any drinking experience and possibly even your life in general.

Get ready to impress your guests at your next gathering with these delicious tonic water cocktails that showcase the versatility and refreshing qualities of this beloved mixer.

Why Tonic Water is the Ultimate Mixer?

Tonic water enhances the flavor profiles of various spirits by adding a unique bitter-sweetness that creates a balanced and refreshing taste. The key ingredient, quinine, provides a distinct unique bitterness that complements the botanical notes of gin, making the classic gin and tonic a timeless concocction. When paired with vodka, tonic water's crispness helps to highlight the spirit's smoothness, resulting in a clean and invigorating drink. Additionally, tonic water can elevate tequila cocktails, bringing out the agave's natural sweetness while balancing its bold flavour.

Tonic water adds a crisp, refreshing quality to cocktails, making it a beloved choice among drink enthusiasts. The intricate bubbles deliver a lively fizz that invigorates craft spirit pairings. The unique combination of bitterness from quinine and a hint of sweetness creates a delightful contrast that enlivens the palate. This refreshing twist makes tonic water a go-to option for warm weather gatherings, casual get-togethers, 11am meetings that should have been an email or any other occasion that calls for a revitalizing drink.

Classic Cocktails with Tonic Water

StrangeLove Classic G&T

Not all G&T's hit the same. The slightest variances in tonic water choice, garnish and botanicals infused within the gin are going to produce incredibly diverse drinks. This is our take on the ultimate, classic G&T.

Ingredients

30ml Classic Dry Gin
Tonic No.8
Blood Orange Tipple Topper
Ice

Instructions

1. Chill down all of your ingredients, the gin, your tonic, the glass, the ice. Yes, especially the ice.
2. Gently build your ingredients one by one into the glass, first the ice. Then the gin.
3. A little known touch to craft the ideal G&T is far simpler than you may suspect: soft hands. Protect the bubble at all costs - ensure you pour slowly to preserve that precious carbonation...Carbonation = flavour.
4. Garnish with your Blood Orange Tipple Topper and enjoy in quiet solitude. As once word gets out about this perfectly crafted G&T, every jerk in the neighbourhood will be knocking down your door for one.

Add fresh herbs like rosemary or basil for an aromatic experience. For a fruity flair, incorporate berries or citrus slices. Discover more mixers to enhance your gin cocktails here. 

Perfect Vodka Tonic with a twist

While Vodka Tonic sounds like combination your grandmother would wash her quaaludes down with every evening, this combintaion re-imagined for the modern age is a testament to ''don't knock it til you try it''

Ingredients

30ml vodka (choose a high-quality brand for the best flavor)
Light tonic
Fresh lime or lemon (for a twist)
Ice cubes
Optional: fresh herbs (like mint or basil) for garnish

Instructions

1. Fill a Glass: Start by filling a tall glass or highball glass with ice cubes to keep your drink chilled.
2. Add Vodka: Pour in the vodka over the ice.
3. Top with Tonic: Slowly add the tonic water to the glass, allowing it to mix gently with the vodka.
4. Add a Twist: Squeeze a wedge of fresh lime or lemon over the drink, then drop it in for an added burst of citrus flavor. For an extra twist, you can also garnish with a sprig of fresh mint or basil.
5. Stir: Give the drink a gentle stir to combine the flavors, ensuring the vodka and tonic are well mixed.

Feel free to experiment with other citrus fruits or garnishes to find your perfect combination!

Light Tonic Cubano

This delightful twist on the classic gin and tonic combines the smoothness of rum with the crispness of tonic water, creating a light and invigorating drink perfect for warm days or festive evenings. The natural sweetness of rum pairs beautifully with the tonic, while adding fresh garnishes like lime or mint enhances the tropical experience.

Ingredients

30ml Dark Rum
StrangeLove Light Tonic Water
10ml lime juice
Fresh mint
Fresh lime 
Ice

Instructions

1. Chill down all of your ingredients (including glassware) in a wet hessian sack - if a sack is not available, a fridge should also do the job
2. Give the mint a little spank (in a friendly, yet suggestive way) and drop into the base of the glass
3. Add Rum, lime juice, ice and top with tonic.
4. Garnish with fresh lime and mint.

Unique Tonic Water Cocktails to Try

The Jitterbug

Keep this in your keep cup to keep on keeping on. Sultry Mr. Black Amaro, a splash of bitter, punchy Tonic No.8, fresh sweet cherry and zesty orange. Put them together in a glass for a refreshing boozy twist on your caffeine fix.

Ingredients

30ml Amaro
Dash of bitters
Tonic No.8
Maraschino Cherry
Orange slice
Ice

Instructions

1. Make sure all of your ingredients are chilled down.
2. Locate a highball glass, we recommend checking your cupboard for one of these.
3. Place your ice in the glass.
4. Add the Mr. Black Amaro and a generous dash of bitters.
5. Top with Tonic No.8.
6. Garnish with the cherries and orange slice, and say into the mirror ''Orange you glad you made this drink''.
7. Proceed to weep because this is why you have no friends.

Aperitif and Tonic

Aperitif's embody so much more potential than just to be sipped on over ice or neat. Maidenii Kina produced from Heathcote Viognier grapes, complimented with fragrant botanicals and rounded off with a hint of cinchona bark, paired with the refreshing coastal botanicals starring in Coastal Tonic is the refreshing, low-ABV ideal for sipping on the deck of your Summer home and plotting the demise of humanity.

Ingredients

50ml Maidenii Kina
100ml Coastal Tonic
Twirly cucumber peel to garnish
Plenty of ice

Instructions

1. The best place for the ice to go, we would suggest is in the biggest, most obnoxious wine glass you can find.
2. Pour your Aperitif into previously mentioned obnoxious glass.
3. Gently pour in your tonic.
4. If you wish to garnish as extravagantly as the image - please allow 4-6 hours for cucumber placement. Alternatively, just throw it on top and enjoy the drink.

Bloody Bitter Lemon

Four Pillars cult favourite, Bloody Shiraz Gin combines the two single greatest things created by mankind; gin, and wine. Accompanied by the bold and nuanced old favourite Bitter Lemon Tonic featuring a citrus soiree of Calamansi lemons and premium cinchona extracts - is tastier choice than other attractive cults currently on the market - where entry requirements include handing over $127,000 and your first born son to Tom Cruise.

Ingredients

Bitter Lemon Tonic
50ml Bloody Shiraz Gin
Blood Orange Tipple Topper

Instructions

1. Get a glass from your local op shop, bonus points if it's haunted.
2. Chill down all of your ingredients.
3. Add the ice, then the gin, and top with the Bitter Lemon Tonic.
4. Garnish with the Blood Orange Tipple Topper.
5. DRINK THE BLOOD.

Tonic Water Gin Cocktails for Every Occasion

If you are really looking to push the pairing envelope, get adventerous with some elevated ideas for the not-so-feint-of-palate.

Cucumber Basil Gin and Tonic: Perfect for garden parties or swanning around your backyard in nothing but a pair of old y-fronts, This refreshing twist combines gin, tonic, fresh cucumber slices, and basil leaves for a light and aromatic drink.

Elderflower Gin and Tonic: This elegant cocktail is suited for formal events or drinking alone on a Friday night. Mix gin, tonic, and a splash of elderflower liqueur, garnished with edible flowers or a lemon twist.

Spicy Gin and Tonic: Add some spice to your boring life in a way that won't end your marriage, add sliced jalapeños or a dash of hot sauce to your classic gin and tonic for a spicy kick.

Ready to shake things up?

Tonic water cocktails are a fantastic way to add excitement to your otherwise dull existence! Whether you’re enjoying a classic gin and tonic, a refreshing rum and tonic, or trying out unique variations, tonic water’s crisp, bitter-sweet profile makes it an ideal mixer for a wide range of spirits.

Don’t be afraid to experiment with different garnishes and flavors to create your perfect cocktail.

Explore StrangeLove’s premium tonic mixers, which are crafted with high-quality ingredients to elevate your drinks to the next level. With a variety of flavors to choose from, you can enhance your cocktails and impress your guests at any gathering. So grab your shaker, get creative, and enjoy delicious tonic water cocktails that will leave everyone begging for more.