Create a splash of fancy at your place

2021-10-11

Barker’s new Premium Mixer Soda Syrup range is perfect for making delicious, grown-up drinks at home. Create tasty cocktails by adding your favourite spirit, or simply add a dash to sparkling or still water for a non-alcoholic treat.

The range comes in six botanical flavours – Blood Orange, Lime & Bitters; Lemon, Lime, Cucumber & Mint; Pink Grapefruit & Lemon; Spiced Ginger & Lime and New Zealand Apple & Elderflower.

Many of our fans will recognise two of their favourite flavours – Blood Orange, Lime & Bitters and Lemon, Lime, Cucumber & Mint – from what was previously the Botanicals Syrup range. These syrups have now been given a fresh new look and have been joined by four trendy new flavours.

Over the last 18 months, COVID-19 lockdowns have forced us to get creative with food and drinks and now our new Barker’s Premium Mixer Soda Syrups make it easy to create a little bit of fancy and serve up bar-style drinks at home. With the growing popularity of craft spirits – especially Gin in NZ, with many great local distilleries popping up – our Premium Mixer Soda Syrup range has been created to pair with a range of spirits (such as Gin, Vodka and Rum) and non-alcoholic spirits (like Ecology & Co or Seedlip). Now you’ll always have mixers on hand when you need them for low-maintenance, at-home cocktails.

Each Barker’s Premium Mixer Soda Syrup has been crafted for superior taste and bottled right here in New Zealand, on the original family farm in Geraldine. They contain no artificial colours or flavours and have at least 25% less sugar than Barker’s original fruit syrups.

Plus, each 500ml recyclable glass bottle makes around 17 drinks, allowing you to reduce waste by mixing as you go. They are perfect for having on hand to get creative with your drinks when you want to.

Read on to find out more about each flavour and some tips for enjoying them.

Pink Grapefruit & Lemon

A delightful summery sip, which will transport you straight to balmy evenings by the beach. Refreshingly dry with a brilliant ruby blush, the combination of Pink Grapefruit & Lemon are the perfect complement, creating a beautifully balanced syrup.

Pink Grapefruit & Lemon contains 45% less sugar than our regular syrups, but with no compromise on flavour. Mix with still or sparkling water and serve over ice with a wedge of lemon to garnish. This syrup pairs well with gin, vodka, or tequila, or try adding a dash to your prosecco on a hot summer’s day!

NZ Apple & Elderflower

Featuring NZ apples, with a touch of elderflower, one sip of our NZ Apple & Elderflower syrup will take you to a picnic in springtime! It's perfect for the whole family with a crisp apple flavour which the children love, combined with subtle elderflower notes that pair perfectly for more sophisticated cocktail creations.

Make a refreshing summer drink everyone will enjoy by mixing with still or sparkling water in a jug, along with plenty of ice, then garnish with sprigs of fresh mint and slices of apple. Tip for the adults: try pairing with gin or vodka.

Blood Orange, Lime & Bitters

One of the favourite blends; the Blood Orange, Lime & Bitters syrup features the juice of squeezed blood oranges and finishes dry with the aromatics of bitters. A flavoursome syrup, perfect with sparkling water and a very versatile cocktail mixer – it tastes great with gin or vodka, but pairs equally well with whiskey or bourbon.

Get creative with garnishes and try a wheel of orange, or a sprig of thyme or rosemary. The brilliant orange hue makes any drink look a little bit fancy!

Lemon, Lime, Cucumber & Mint

Could this be summertime in a bottle? Made from the juice of squeezed NZ lemons and cucumbers; our Lemon, Lime, Cucumber & Mint syrup is one of our original favourites and a NZ Food Awards 2017 Category Winner.

Perfect mixed with sparkling water for a non-alcoholic refresher or added to gin or vodka for something a little bit fancy. Garnish with mint and slices of fresh lemon, lime, and cucumber.