I also drink the tonic sans gin. I drink it for the quinine. I have terrible cramps and I hope that the quinine prevents some of the nocturnal cramping. Now with what I think is gout in a thumb, I don't touch any gin whatsoever. Talk about pain in a thumb. It is so swollen, inflamed, and tender, I can't even close it on anything. It was far worse yesterday, with heat associated with the inflammation, but the swelling is down a bit and it is no longer hot to the touch. Perhaps tomorrow I will be able to use the thumb again. Thank goodness for Advil.
This is way off subject, so we can just let this post die of natural causes.
