Fever-Tree – Premium Club Soda

A super clean club soda with no character (well, super clean, I suppose, is character) and pleasant carbonation—perfect for mixing cocktails, I guess. I’m assuming, to some degree, that’s the idea, with “club soda.” When I used to drink, I often enjoyed a gin and soda cocktail, and this would be perfect with a fine gin. Or even a non-rotgut one. Of course, were I to be drinking bourbon or scotch, I would drink those without mixing them (not even with ice). Fever-Tree has an attractive website that tells me very little. Elsewhere, I read that it’s an English company, originally making tonic water. This fancy 500ml bottle comes from New York (it says), with a “fever tree” logo, bumpy design in the glass, and a metallic pale violet label. Really nice label. It’s got a screw-top, which isn’t elegant, but it’s practical. I could see bringing this bottle to a party, for personal use, and I’d imagine that anyone who’d never seen it would think I’m drinking something exotic and expensive—and they’d be close to correct. Actually, I don’t remember what it cost—I think it was not cheap for bubbly water—but I treat myself to the good life occasionally.

10.23.22