Sunday, October 16, 2011

Ting

Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes merged their companies to form Desnoes and Geddes Ltd (D&G) and began brewing beverages together in Jamaica in 1918. Their best known product is Red Stripe beer. In 1976 D&G introduced Ting, a grapefruit soda made from locally grown grapefruit trees. D&G was bought by Guinness in 1993, but Ting was sold to Pepsi Co in 1999. 

There a tart aroma from this bottle and I like the taste. There's a good level of carbonation. Like many things from Jamaica however it's a bit more potent. This soda is bitter. It's sweetened with sugar, but my tongue can't tell much of a difference from biting right into a ripe grapefruit. All that said, it's not off-putting to me but it's good it's a smaller than normal bottle. I can also understand the popularity of mixing this soda with vodka as it will make a good mixer for sure.

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