The addition of pomegranate and cranberry juice does a variety of things for this cocktail. One, it adds sweetness to a rather classic gin & tonic recipe which helps to balance the flavor profile.
A variety of ingredients are then added to the alcohol such as juniper berries and other herbs, plants and spices for a period of time. At the end of this process, you have gin!
Then our final ingredient - Tonic Water! Although it looks like seltzer water there is a distinctive ingredient that really changes the game, and it’s called Quinine!