Name: The StiG
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Pisco; 30 ml Elderflower liqueur; 30 ml Sauvignon blanc wine

The StiG
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ oz	BarSol Mosto Verde Italia Pisco
1 oz	Elderflower liqueur
1 oz	Sauvignon blanc wine

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Sauvignon blanc wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Whiter than white (actually "white wine" golden) yet mysterious. As for the taste, white wine acidity balances rich elderflower with spirituous lacing from apple brandy and aromatic grapey pisco. Should be stirred, but this cocktail does benefit from the dilution and aeration imparted by shaking.

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History:

Created in 2006 by yours truly at The Cabinet Room, London, England. Named partly for the 'St-G' on the screw cap of St-Germain elderflower liqueur and partly after The Stig, the mysterious white-clad racing driver on the BBC's Top Gear show.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The StiG contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21% alc./vol. (21° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Morten Carlsbaek

11th November 2023 at 17:16

Amazing, delicious, refreshing.
I used a 12 yr old Calvados Pays D'Auge and an Austrian natural white wine wabi-sabi white solera

Matthew Kay

22nd October 2023 at 06:53

Enjoyed this refreshing drink does pack a bit of a punch has a nice herby after palate.

Egg McKenzie

30th April 2023 at 15:51

tell you what this is absolutely fuckin sick.

John Hinojos

23rd January 2022 at 01:26

This was wonderful and smooth. Did back off the St-Germain a little to make it a bit more dry. Perfect for an early evening cocktail.

Emily

12th May 2021 at 03:19

I added a generous squeeze (~1/3 oz-ish) lemon juice and a single grate of lemon rind in place of the lime twist for some brightness as mine was a bit 'heavy' despite the dryness of the calvados, but that could have been due to my brand of liquors. Very sippable. Can see the shake being beneficial (I shook!)

Simon Difford

12th May 2021 at 06:30

I prefer young calvados to avoid the dryness that comes with prolonged aging. Avallen is a good example of such a calvados.

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