So I got some Q Tonic in the mail ...
Last week, when I wrote about artisanal Q Tonic (made with hand-picked quinine from the Peruvian Andes and the hopes and dreams of small children), the company's founder, Jordan Silbert, offered to send me some.
I've never met Silbert in person, but I imagine him as a mustachioed fellow with a top hat and cane, standing on a stage with a case of Q Tonic.
"It makes you younger, stronger and faster! No ailment stands a chance if you ingest Q Tonic. Guaranteed to cure consumption, gout, typhoid, scarlet fever, water on the knee (operation!), writer's cramp and plague."
With that kind of pitch, who could refuse the call of Q Tonic? ...
Q Tonic comes in cute little glass bottles -- much snazzier than the big plastic jugs of Schweppes tonic I'm used to.
I'm ready for the taste test. I'm up for the challenge.
Bring it on!
(Photo courtesy of Q Tonic)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
Gin & Tonics at 9:30 AM? It's aggressive, but I like the pre-blizzard drinking.
Posted by: NR | December 18, 2009 9:25 AM
Aaaaaaah delicious. You can really taste the hopes and dreams!
Posted by: Evan | December 18, 2009 2:50 PM
Also heard it cures dropsy,The grippe, Scofula, The vapors, Jungle rot, Dandy fever, Poor man's gout, Housemaid's knee, Climatic poopow, The staggers, and Dum-dum fever. Impressive list.
Posted by: Rube Goldberg | December 18, 2009 3:04 PM
I think a blind folded taste test on video is in order.
Q Tonic versus that stuff in a plastic bottle.
Posted by: Jade Fox | December 19, 2009 4:40 AM
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Posted by: Yahyali | June 9, 2011 11:11 AM