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The Tonic Wine Chronicle

Magnum tonic wine cocktails

Simple ways to drink Jamaica's favourite tonic wine, with the alcohol units for every drink.

Magnum is very sweet, cherry-led and 16.5% ABV, and it comes in 200 ml bottles. Most people drink it chilled, straight from the bottle or over ice. If you want to stretch a bottle further, sharp and sparkling mixers balance the sweetness. Apart from the first serve, these recipes are our own.

MAGNUMAbout Magnum Tonic Wine16.5% ABV

Traditional

Magnum on ice

How most people drink it: well chilled, over ice.

Glass:
Rocks glass
Alcohol:
about 1.65 units

Ingredients

  • 100 ml Magnum tonic wine, chilled
  • Ice

Method

  1. Fill a rocks glass with ice.
  2. Pour over the chilled Magnum.

Our recipe

Magnum punch

A Caribbean-style long drink with pineapple, lime and ginger beer.

Glass:
Highball glass
Alcohol:
about 1.65 units

Ingredients

  • 100 ml Magnum tonic wine
  • 50 ml pineapple juice
  • 15 ml fresh lime juice
  • 100 ml ginger beer
  • Ice
  • A pineapple wedge

Method

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
  2. Add the Magnum, pineapple juice and lime juice and stir.
  3. Top with ginger beer and garnish with the pineapple wedge.

Our recipe

Magnum and grapefruit soda

Grapefruit's bitterness balances Magnum's cherry sweetness.

Glass:
Highball glass
Alcohol:
about 1.65 units

Ingredients

  • 100 ml Magnum tonic wine
  • 100 ml grapefruit soda
  • Ice
  • A lime wedge

Method

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
  2. Add the Magnum and top with grapefruit soda.
  3. Squeeze in the lime wedge and stir gently.

Our recipe

Magnum spritz

The lightest option: half Magnum, half soda water.

Glass:
Wine glass
Alcohol:
about 1.24 units

Ingredients

  • 75 ml Magnum tonic wine
  • 75 ml soda water
  • Ice
  • A slice of orange

Method

  1. Fill a wine glass with ice.
  2. Add the Magnum and top with soda water.
  3. Stir gently and add the orange slice.
  • A whole 200 ml bottle of Magnum contains 3.3 units of alcohol, more than a pint of most beers. Each recipe below uses half a bottle or less.
  • Units are calculated as ABV x volume in litres. Check your own bottles.