Name: Bubbly Belle
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Pear and cognac liqueur; 135 ml Dry cider; 1 dash Creole bitters

Matt Premium Member 50w

Dry, crisp - the pear eau-de-vie transforms the apple cider into a distinctly pear flavored refresher. Fresh pear notes, and even some bitterness that reminds me of the pear skin. Very enjoyable way to kick up a bottle (or can) of dry cider into a few cocktails.

Mike Gibb Premium Member 1y

The Galipette brut cider I had, but my pear liqueur was the Gifford (25% abv) which I have found consistently underwhelming. I exchanged 5ml of that for Massenez Poire William eau-de-vie (40% abv) which brought the drink to life, lifting and opening it out.
I'll probably be buying the Belle de Brillet next, but this gives me something delicious to do with the remains of the Giffard Poire liqueur.
(btw: I calculate the drink as printed as 1.5 units, not 2.1)

Mike Gibb Premium Member 1y

Selflessly (selflessly, I tell you) testing and retesting small variations on this most excellent summer afternoon cocktail, I can finally report that:
the dash of creole bitters is vital // the swapping out of 5ml of (even) the very tasty Belle de Brillet pear liqueur for 5ml of the Massenez Poire William eau-de-vie still lifts this drink to another level // increasing the bitters and/or the eau-de-vie do not improve the drink // if you need one (or two) quickly, rinse the ice cubes to smooth the surface to reduce fizzing and making the cider go flat.
// Santé à tous !

[Bubbly Belle], added my personal recipes as [La Vie et Belle] (sic !)

Shogi Redbrook Premium Member 1y

Very easy to make and tastes excellent. Nice to have a 3-ingredient Belle de Brillet cocktail too. Made it with homebrew dry cider and one bottle making four of these was very handy!