Bartender Journey - Cocktails. Spirits. Bartending Culture. Libations For Your Ears.

We’ll talk with Chet Holstein who makes Kuma Turmeric Liqueur in Washington State. We’ll talk about his unusual and delicious product. Plus the humble Gin and Tonic - how can we change things up a little? It’s the Bartender Journey Podcast No. 236!  ​Listen with the audio player on this page, or subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Android or Stitcher Radio. Tonic began as a medicine many years ago. According to Wikipedia: "Quinine was added to a drink to protect against malaria. It was originally intended for consumption in tropical areas of South Asia and Africa, where the disease is endemic. "Quinine powder was so bitter that British officials stationed in early 19th Century India and other tropical posts began mixing the powder with soda and sugar, and a basic tonic water was created. The first commercial tonic water was produced in 1858.[1] The mixed drink gin and tonic also originated in British colonial India, when the British population would mix their medicinal quinine tonic with gin." Many bars are