Bitter Elder

Name: Bitter Elder
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Elderflower liqueur; 60 ml Apple juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 3 dash Aromatic bitters

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
2 fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bitter Elder contains 234 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
13.2% alc./vol. (26.4° proof)
24.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a short drink created in 2005 by Tonin Kacaj at Maze, London, England.

More cocktails by Tonin Kacaj

Review

The eponymous elderflower is well balanced with the other ingredients to make a dry refreshing long drink.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.72 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

St Germain Elderflower Liqueur 200ml - makes 6.5 cocktails
$14.99 $2.31 per cocktail

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 128 cocktails
$13.99 $0.11 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$5.14 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 6.5 cocktails.
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