Gents
Gents is a carbonated , non-alcoholic tonic drink made in the canton of Zurich , Switzerland. Gents have been around since June 1, 2012.
composition
Gents contains Swiss beet sugar , lemon flavor, quinine from cinchona bark and extract from yellow gentian . The gentian extract is obtained from plants from the Swiss Jura .
The name "Gents" refers to the extract from yellow gentian ( Gentiana lutea ), a traditional ingredient for several drinks in the Alpine region.
development
Gents is designed and marketed by the Zurich-based “Startup Gents GmbH”; The founder is the journalist and communication expert Hans Georg Hildebrandt. The sensor expert Patrick Zbinden , the young chef Ralph Schelling and Markus Blattner, chef de bar at the Widder Hotel, were involved in the development of Gents .
production
The Gents raw material is manufactured by a company on Lake Zurich . The lemon aroma is obtained from 30 tons of Sicilian lemons during the high season and extracted using a proprietary process. In Appenzell, the gentian extract is macerated into a mother tincture from which the aroma for the drink is obtained. In a one-week process, all ingredients are mixed to make the finished drink.
range
In addition to the tonic water, the “Gents” brand includes a ginger ale (“African Roots Ginger Ale”) with two types of ginger and mandarin , a bitter lemon (“Swiss Roots Bitter Lemon”) with meadowsweet and grapefruit , a ginger beer ( "Swiss Craft Ginger Brew") with ginger juice, lemongrass , pepper and apple syrup as well as a vermouth with musk yarrow , galanga and bitter almond oil .
distribution
Gents is offered in 2 dl bottles. The ship on the label is the “Albatross” from Jules Verne's novel Robur the Conqueror .
At the beginning of production, the distribution of Gents was limited to the Zurich area. It is now available throughout Switzerland and, at selected dealers, across Europe.
At the Expo 2015 , which took place in Milan under the motto “Feeding the Planet, Energy for life” , Gents was prominently presented in the base of the Swiss National Pavilion along with other typical Zurich products. Issued were u. a. the Sprüngli praline box , city honey, Tirggel , beers from microbreweries, wines from the Staatskellerei and the tonic water from Gents.
"Gents" is registered as "Gents Swiss Roots Tonic Water" in the Swiss trademark register.
Web links
- Gents website
- Gents in «Gastronews» (PDF; 153 kB)
- Jeroen van Rooijen: “Gents” tastes rounder and more bitter. NZZ . January 4, 2013, accessed November 5, 2016 .
- Véronique Zbinden: Un tonic 100% helvétique. Le Temps . August 24, 2013, accessed November 5, 2016 .
- Meeting at trinkprotokoll.at
- Meeting at gintlemen.com
- Meeting at ginvasion.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Review at ginspiration.de , accessed on November 9, 2016.
- ↑ a b Meeting in Falstaff, February 16, 2015 , accessed on November 9, 2016.
- ^ Gents website , accessed November 9, 2016.
- ↑ 1975 by Simon, Denmark , accessed November 9, 2016.
- ↑ A sip of Zurich and a bit of World Class with it . In: NZZ . No. 140 , June 20, 2015, ISSN 0376-6829 , p. 19 .
- ↑ Trademark register