For our British pals, it's perhaps worth noting that they can still pick up a bottle (or a case, for that matter) at Tesco. And it comes in a regular or with added iron!
As I recall, it tasted exactly as you might expect - an over-sweet wine-esque concoction with an aftertaste of iron tablets. No doubt it would be helped immensely by a substantial dash of gin... Jx
For our British pals, it's perhaps worth noting that they can still pick up a bottle (or a case, for that matter) at Tesco. And it comes in a regular or with added iron!
ReplyDeleteAt 26% proof, it certainly is a great "pick-me-up" at breakfast-time. One glass and you'd need to be picked up off the floor... Jx
DeleteLove the description in the Tesco listing. It not a tonic, even thought the label says it is.
DeleteI think Jon, you have a duty to test out a bottle and report in. Perhaps it would make a nice mixer for a Sunday brunch?
DeleteAs I recall, it tasted exactly as you might expect - an over-sweet wine-esque concoction with an aftertaste of iron tablets. No doubt it would be helped immensely by a substantial dash of gin... Jx
Deletesample it? can one really stop at one nip?
ReplyDeletegimme a gin-n-tonic any day!
ReplyDeleteEncouraging home bound alcoholism since 1966.
ReplyDelete"That's lovely...that's better"
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