Schweppes Bitter Lemon

An unsual and tasty mixer, one I think is underutilised and preferable to many of the sweeter, more acid than lemon lemonades. It's not something for drinking in huge quantities (and we never do that do we?!) as it genuinely is quite bitter, but its incredibly refreshing and goes particularly well as an aperitif before summer food, barbequeues and the like. I found the blue packaging a bit odd as it brings out the admittedly rather deep colour of the liquid. But it is distinctive. The fact that you don't need a lot of it to get the flavour is also good because you can get away with lugging smaller bottles around. The lid in particular is quite an attractive ...  Read the complete review

My first memory of having this drink is with my grandmother back in the nineties. It continued to be a drink that was always associated with my grandmother until a few months out when i spotted it out at a bar! The Packaging: It comes in bottles of varying sizes from small 330ml bottles to 1ltr bottles, im not sure if they still come in glass bottles anymore but the ones i have seen in the local supermarket have all been plastic. It has the yellow schweppes logo and a pretty turquiose background. The Taste: Well as the name suggests this is "bitter" lemon and it very much tastes like it. It isnt like regular lemonade and has a ...  Read the complete review