Botanical tonic
Top Note Classic Tonic
Top Note Tonics · Quinine tonic water
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
A crisp, dry-leaning tonic water that builds its whole character on real quinine rather than heavy syrup, so the bitterness reads as clean and structural instead of harsh. Bright lime-zest aromatics sit on top, and the cane-sugar sweetness is restrained enough to let a firm citric tartness and lively carbonation carry the finish. Within the botanical-tonic family it lands at the dry, quinine-forward, mixer-grade end of the spectrum, closer to a refined European tonic than to the candy-sweet mass-market style. Best understood as a precise, gin-and-tonic-ready tonic rather than a sip-alone botanical soda, though it holds up neat for those who like genuine bitterness.
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The maker
Top Note Tonic is a craft tonic and mixer maker based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded in 2015 by Mary Pellettieri, a longtime craft-beer brewer and product developer, with Noah Swanson. The company emphasizes natural botanicals and US-grown, GMO-free cane sugar in place of artificial colors and preservatives. Its Classic Tonic Water, bittered with natural quinine sourced from Java, earned a Platinum medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Ingredients & nutrition
Carbonated Water, Cane Sugar, Citric Acid, Natural Tonic Flavor and Other Natural Flavor Extracts, Contains Quinine.
10 fl oz · 89 cal · 20 g sugar(per serving, as labeled)