Name: Improved Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Apricot eau-de-vie; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 dash Creole bitters; 30 ml Brut sparkling wine

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Apricot (abricot) eau-de-vie

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

3 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

1 fl oz

Brut champagne/sparkling wine

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime slice or wedge (or apricot).

Method

SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

TOP with sparkling wine.

Garnish

Garnish with lime (or apricot) slice/wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Improved Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.84% alc./vol. (33.68° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Is it a delicious cocktail? Absolutely. It's bright with some bready characteristics from the eau-de-vie and wine. You might want to try it with less syrup if you like your cocktails tarter. Is it worth opening a bottle of sparkling wine for it? Eh. Do it if you know you have some people to drink the bottle with you, that also likes apricot brandy, but it's not a big improvement on the French 75. As Simon said — it's an apricot gin sour with some added sparkling wine.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

The Improved Improved is Excellent. The Eau-de-Vie and liqueur adds a variety of apricot flavour which are softened by the herbal nature of the gin. The Champagne add grape tones and a slight effervescence. Another for the favourites.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

With no apricot eau de vie in house I decided to use 1oz gin, 1 oz apricot brandy, ½ oz lime juice, 3 dashes Peychauds and 1 oz champagne which made a lovely, apricot forward cocktail, not too sweet and with a light salmony colour.