Hendricks
Scotland
Bombay Sapphire
England
Tanqueray
England
Beefeater
England
Gordons
England
Seagrams
USA
Xoriguer
Menorca (España)
Larios
Málaga (España)
Bulldog
England
Flavored Gins
(Strawberry, Orange & Melon)
GIN & TONIC HISTORY
The cocktail was created by officers from the armies of the Presidency, the military force of the East India Company operating in the Indian subcontinent.
In the Indian subcontinent and other tropical regions, malaria was a persistent problem for Europeans, and in the 18th century, Scottish physician George Cleghorn studied how quinine, a traditional cure for malaria, could be used to prevent the disease.
Quinine was drunk in tonic water, but the bitter taste was unpleasant. Officers in the presidential armies in India in the early 19th century began adding a mixture of water, sugar, lime, and gin to quinine to make the drink more palatable, and thus the gi and tonic cocktail was born.
Officers were already getting a ration of gin as part of their rations, and the sweet concoction made sense