Wild Blossom

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Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur
1⁄2 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
3⁄4 oz Cranberry juice (sweetened)
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Aptly named - it is indeed blossom-like with subtle floral elderflower, yet also balanced with assertive gin notes.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2007 by James Scarito at BLT Market in New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Wild Blossom contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 16.23% alc./vol. (16.23° proof)
  • 15.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Tuber Magnatum’s Avatar Tuber Magnatum
25th October 2024 at 22:46
Really enjoyed this. Agree it makes a wonderful apéritif. I also agree a touch sweet which as has been suggested may relate in part to the sweetness of ones grapefruit. Will try next time as suggested with 2 parts gin. This also might be a great cocktail to carbonate!
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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
21st July 2024 at 13:18
I would rethink the grapefruit zest as decoration. The twist is ok, but the grapefruit zest at the edge is overpowering the elderflower.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
31st May 2024 at 13:39
Indeed aptly named, delicately floral, with a hint of fire from the gin. Delicious.
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Herbert Brant’s Avatar Herbert Brant
22nd December 2023 at 22:29
Made with Kendrick's Flora Adora Gin, this cocktail is heavenly. If you enjoy the occasional floral drink, this one should appeal beautifully as an apéritif. Highly recommended.
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Annette Kinnunen’s Avatar Annette Kinnunen
1st May 2024 at 20:14
And I used Hendricks Grand Cabaret Gin. Lovely.
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Chris Brislawn’s Avatar Chris Brislawn
11th September 2023 at 23:43
The interplay of the elderflower liqueur with the bitter cranberry and grapefruit juices was a pleasant surprise. Agree with J. Hinojos that it's a bit sweet as written so upped the gin to 2 oz and added a good dash of grapefruit bitters as in Difford's Grapefruit-Gin Cocktail.
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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
19th April 2024 at 19:09
Darn! Wish I’d read this before I’d made the first one - the bitters are a perfect addition. We just need Mr Difford to pop up now and agree and edit it, so I don’t have to remember tobread the comments next time.
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Susannah Albright’s Avatar Susannah Albright
28th March 2023 at 21:59
Very good!
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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
2nd October 2022 at 18:30
Other half tried to guess what was in this and came up with ‘watermelon. You can see what they mean. Well balanced - recommended
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
3rd February 2022 at 02:53
This was very nice. We found it a bit sweet, but that may be due to the grapefruits in San Diego are tree ripened and much sweeter than those in most shops. I do feel it is a great aperitif with the sweet, bitter, and herbal flavours.
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2nd January 2021 at 03:11
It's interesting how the same idea often floats in the air. James Scarito's Wild Blossom resembles Julie Reiner's Juniper Breeze (https://archive.is/duU40#selection-751.0-1021.117), which she was serving at the Flatiron in 2003, even before St-Germain launched in '07.
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