Cocktail Recipes
STRONG Tonic
In a mixing glass, add: • Handful of ice • 1.5 oz of premium gin or vodka • .75 oz of STRONG TONIC™ • 3 oz of soda water • Stir and strain into a rocks glass • Garnish with citrus • Cheers!
The Strong Tonic Co. focuses on crafting extraordinary tonic syrups that enhance the common cocktail, inspire new creations and redefine tonic using unexpected flavors. Our syrups allow you to control the sweetness of a cocktail to your choosing. Extracting quinine from cinchona bark, our flavor profile delivers an intricate array of sweet, spicy and bitter tastes which pair with the finest spirits in the world.
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Bluegrass Swizzle • 1.5 oz bourbon • .5 oz STRONG TONIC™ • .5 oz lemon juice • Chill above ingredients and strain into fresh ice filled highball • Top with ginger ale and stir • Garnish with a lemon wheel and mint sprig
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Royal Cocktail • • • • •
1 oz calvados 1 oz STRONG TONIC™ Stir to chill and strain into a chilled flute Top with champagne Garnish with apple or pear cut in tiny dice
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Downtown Cosmo In a shaker, add: • 2 oz citrus vodka • 3/4 oz STRONG TONIC™ • 3/4 oz lime • 3/4 oz pomegranate juice (may sub cranberry) • Shake vigorously, strain, twist
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Salary Man • • • •
1 oz gin 1 oz Campari 1 oz STRONG TONIC™ Shake and serve up with a twist
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Pear of Aces • 2 oz 100% de Agave Tequila • 1 oz STRONG TONIC™ • Juice of 1 lime (1 oz) • Splash of apple cider (extra delicious, but optional) • Shake and serve up • Optional salt & pepper rim or serve with sugar rim and pear/apple slice
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Pisco Fuerte • 2 oz pisco (Clear Peruvian Brandy) • 3/4 oz STRONG TONIC™ • 3/4 oz fresh lime • 3/4 oz pineapple juice • 1 egg white • Shake vigorously! • Strain, finish with 7 drops Angostura (or your favorite) bitters
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Beer-tail • 1 oz bourbon • 1/2 oz STRONG TONIC™ • 1/2 oz lemon juice • Chill and strain into a pint glass that is 1/2 full of ice • Float wheat beer on top • Garnish with a lemon wheel
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Hop-tail-iscious • 3/4 oz of gin • 3/4 oz of Aperol • 3/4 oz of grapefruit juice • 3/4 oz of STRONG TONIC™ • Chill and strain into a pint glass that is 1/2 full of ice • Top with IPA, floating it on top (do not stir) • Finish with a grapefruit zest
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Not Your Grand Pappy’s Toddy • 1 1/2 oz of gin • 3/4 oz of STRONG TONIC™ • 3/4 oz of lime • For extra flavor add an Earl Grey Tea Bag • For summertime, chill the cold ingredients and serve tall with Perrier
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Strong Pimm’s Cup • 7 cups PIMM’S #1 • 2 cups gin • 3 cups STRONG TONIC™ • Add diced apples, orange slices and five sprigs of mint • Chill 4 hours, serve w/citrus soda
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Cranberry Swizzle • Fill a tall glass with ice to chill • Meanwhile, fill a cocktail shaker with the following and shake until frothy: • 1/4 cup cranberry sauce • 1/4 cup STRONG TONIC™ • 1/4 cup bourbon • Dump ice out of glass and fill with fresh ice and sparkling wine to 1/2 way up • Top with the frothy cranberry mix and serve • Garnish with fresh mint
Serves Two
Cocktail Recipes
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Punch with a Punch Combine the following in a 1/2 Gallon Pitcher and refrigerate. May be doubled, halved, etc: • • • • •
1 cup HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ 1 cup pineapple juice 1 cup aged rum 1 cup bourbon 1 quart strong brewed rooibos tea
Finish with a thin sliced seeded lemon, lime and navel orange Serve from a punch bowl with fresh mint sprigs - use ice filled punch cups, rocks glasses or white wine glasses
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Paloma Rojo • Fill an ice filled highball 2/3rds full with chilled squirt, fresca or jarritos grapefruit soda • Add 1.5 oz 100% de agave blanco tequila • 1 oz HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ • Stir and garnish with a generous lime wedge (Optionally serve with a salted rim, squeeze lime wedge in and discard, then garnish with ruby red grapefruit and a sprig of rosemary
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Strong & Stormy • Fill an ice filled highball 2/3rds full with ginger beer • Add 1.5 oz dark rum • 1 oz HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ • Stir and garnish with a lime half
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Red, Red Wine Combine in a punch bowl and serve on ‘auto pilot’ for a party or assemble in a 1/2 gallon pitcher and let ‘marry’ overnight in the fridge • • • • •
1 cup HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ 1 cup brandy 1 cup strong chai tea 1 bottle syrah, zinfandel or cotes du rhone 1 cup chopped seasonal fruit
Serve in ice filled red wine glasses
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When in Doubt, Wear Red • Build the following, then shake vigorously with fresh ice and strain into a chilled martini glass • 2 oz citrus vodka or light rum • 1.5 oz HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ • .5 oz agave nectar • Generous squeeze of lime • Garnish with a lemon twist
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Royal Rouge • Chill a champagne flute • Stir 3/4 oz each HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ and calvados, apple brandy or applejack with ice to chill • Strain above into chilled flute and top with prosecco or champagne • Garnish with an orange twist
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Rojo-rita This recipe is in ‘parts’ with a 1 ounce part making a single cocktail, but can be extended to a cup or pint as a part for a party • • • • •
1 part HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ 1 part fresh lime juice 1/2 part agave nectar 1/2 part pineapple juice 3 parts 100% de agave reposado tequila
Shake and strain into a martini glass or on the rocks, lime wheel garnish and salt optional
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Cucumber-Hibiscus Mule • Fill an ice filled highball 2/3rds with ginger beer • Add 1.5 oz cucumber vodka • 3/4 oz HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ • Stir and garnish with cucumber wheels and slapped basil
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Ipa Italiano • Fill a glass 1/2 way with ice • Chill the following with ice and strain into glass • 3/4 oz each HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™, gin and Campari • Top with ipa • Garnish with a generous piece of grapefruit zest Do not stir-enjoy as the layers unfold as you drink this beertail
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The Brews and the Bees • Fill a pint glass 1/2 way with ice • Chill the following with ice and strain into pint glass • 3/4 oz HIBISCUS STRONG TONIC™ • 3/4 oz honey syrup (honey with just a touch of hot water whisked in until it pours like maple syrup) • 3/4 oz lemon juice • 3/4 oz white whiskey or irish whiskey • Float to top with a belgian white such as Blue Moon, Allagash White or Hoegarden • Do not mix. Enjoy as layers as the flavors intertwine and unfold
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