Review: Q Soda, Q Ginger Beer, and Q Grapefruit
Review: Q Soda, Q Ginger Beer, and Q Grapefruit
Q Drinks is well known for its tonic, but like Fever-Tree, the company makes a wide range of cocktail mixers, all high-end products made with legitimate ingredients and botanicals. (You’ll notice the solids settling out in the ginger and grapefruit products, so be sure to gently mix them up a bit before serving.)
Thoughts on three of Q’s mixers follow.
Q Soda – A classic club soda, heavy on the fizz, with no minerality to speak of, or any other overtones. Drinks like a solid sparkling water, with large, gently foamy bubbles rather than tiny, spicy ones. A fine product on all fronts — and enjoyable on its own. A-
Q Ginger Beer – Nicely sweet up front, then this ginger beer builds to a strong, authentic ginger bite with significant, growing heat. There’s a good balance between the two components, making this an easy go-to for Dark & Stormy cocktails and other ginger-fueled libations. A-
Q Grapefruit – Very mild, with a minimal citrus bite to it. Squirt is a much bolder grapefruit soda than this, which comes across like club soda with a modest squeeze of grapefruit in it. As such, it can’t hold its own in a cocktail and quickly finds itself overpowered. C+
each $7 per 4-pack of 8 oz. bottles / qmixers.com [BUY IT NOW FROM AMAZON]
Q Grapefruit
$7
I learned a lot Googling “Squirt” but to get the soda one should type “Squirt soda.” Anyhoo, for me Squirt soda was always flat on opening whereas I’m almost certain that Q has updated its grapefruit soda and it’s really good.
Never mind. Just found your 2017 update.