Had to give a shout out to Camper English, whose blog,  Cocktails with Camper, chronicles all things cocktail related and reports on his burgeoning freelance writing career.

Tonic, Part I of XXIVIXDMXIV is a very nice illustrated entry about his first attempt to make tonic water at home. These replications of early tonic water are fascinating to me, as it gives a bit of glimpse as to what those 19th century British officers in India must have been doing to stave off malaria. Of course, even today's tonic might be better than what they had, and today's gin almost certainly is.