TONIC VOLUME 7
The front cover - The Roaring 2020’s
TONIC Volume Seven embraces the charm of an English country garden with our front cover collaboration featuring the English aperitif Sipello.
What's inside?
A little tipsy on Persian wine poets, Lucas Rodd explores the art of Persian winemaking.
TONIC editor Juliet Rix barrels through her journey to the Cognac region, where she visits a cooperage.
Discover underground tunnels, prohibition, a beluga whale atop a mountain, and a brewery with a circus as Rudolf Abraham uncovers that there's way more to Cincinnati than meets the eye.
For those with a terrible sense of direction searching for a good beer, Kris Butler recommends investigating late 19th-century "drinking maps."
In TONIC Volume Five, Nori Jemil discussed tulips; this time, it's roses, represented through a drink that traces its roots back to the late 1700s and the Kingdom of Prussia.
Simon Urwin talks to the women behind the Tennessee whiskey revolution: bartenders, bouncers, bail bondswomen, and bounty hunters. These are some serious women who are making some fantastic liquid.
All this and much more, order now!
‘You going to tell me what happened to you?’
‘That’s a tale requiring a wine. What of you? ‘
‘That’s a tale requiring a wine cellar.‘
- Nivellen and Geralt, The Witcher
TONIC TALKS - TIM SIMMONS
Before chatting with Tim, I had no idea that a fruit called the chuckleberry even existed. But it’s real and plays a starring role in Sippello, the bittersweet English aperitif that Tim Simmons created in the picturesque Surrey Hills. We met Tim at our favourite coffee spot to learn more: how Sippello came to life, the inspiration behind the beautiful bottle, the striking artwork, and the Sippello collaboration with TONIC Magazine for the cover of our seventh volume.
“The new magazine about drinks that is highly refreshing. It delivers long-form features, elegant layouts and brave, unorthodox commissions.”
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STYLISH ARTICLES
BOURBON - Kentucky, USA
I DIG A PONY
Susan Schwartz takes us on an unusual journey, starting with a horse in Kentucky and culminating in a bourbon called Never Say Die.