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After being present for the inspection of my sister’s new condo on Sunday, Danielle and I went to a small family restaurant (with good food) in Shelby Township, then stopped at the little shop next door called Balkan Market. We picked up some pastries and some odd chocolate, and this bottle of Schweppes’ Original Bitter Lemon. It’s rather clearly not labeled for sale in the US, but I figured it’d be worth trying.
The verdict? It is great. It’s excellent. It’s a very nice, light bittery lemon soda with a bit of sweetness to it. It’s not syrupy like Sanbitters and (as suggested by one of the employees) quite good when very cold.
After poking around online I found that bitter lemon is commonly mixed with gin, so after half of the sheep glass was gone I added ice and gin, then stirred. It’s all right with gin, and definitely nicer than gin with the crappy HFCS-based tonics regularly available. I think I prefer the soda by itself, though.
That reminds me, I need to get everything required and make my own tonic water. That’s a project for another night, though.