Glowing Gin and Tonic (Blue)
One of those If you can say it, you can make it cocktails! This spooky Halloween Cocktail is super simple to make and makes a great Halloween party addition. Oh, and here’s a tip when the lights are on this is still a really good extra tart gin and tonic recipe for the rest of the year.
Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Cook Time 0 minutes mins
0 minutes mins
Course Drinks
Cuisine American, cocktail
- 1.5 oz Gin
- 2-5 oz Tonic Water
- ½ oz Lemon Juice
Gin and Tonic 101:
What is gin?
Gin is a distilled alcoholic beverage that revolves around juniper “berries” as a main ingredient. Gin has been around for a while, with origins in the Middle Ages as herbal medicine, but through time and a little marketing gin became a desirable alcoholic drink imported and sold all over the world by the spirits industry.
What is Tonic Water? And why does is glow in the dark?
Tonic water is a carbonated beverage containing a compound called Quinine. Quinine (made from tree bark) creates that signature bitter taste you experience when drinking tonic water. Often soft drink manufacturers add sugar to balance this bitter water, giving the bittersweet taste you either hate or love.
Quinine is also the ingredient that allows Gin to glow under an ultraviolet or UV light due to the method I which it processes light, when stimulated Quinine emits a fluorescent blue light.
What is gin’s alcohol percentage? How much alcohol is in gin?
Most Gins has an alcoholic content or (ABV) between 35% and 48%. Hendricks Gin has an ABV of 41.4%, while Tanqueray has an ABV of 47.3%.
How many calories in a 2oz pour (shot) of gin?
There are 98 calories in a standard 2oz pour of Gin. This varies slightly depending on your choice of brand. Our Glowing Gin & Tonic recipe made with Hendricks Imported Gin is about 150 calories.
What is gin made out of?
No matter the brand, all Gins are start with the common ingredient juniper. The juniper “berry” is known for giving gin the distinct pine note. While this ingredient is the common denominator in all Gins distilleries you a wide variety of this plant giving for slightly different flavor profiles.
In this recipe we chose to use Hendrick’s which has a unique taste that comes from its use of roses and cucumbers along with 11 other botanicals.Keyword glowing cocktail, glowing drink, halloween cocktail recipe, halloween drink, halloween recipes
