Saison l'Hiver

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Serve in a Flute glass

Ingredients:
1 dried Clove
1⁄3 oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
1⁄2 oz Hayman's Sloe Gin
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
Top up with Rosé champagne
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Seasonal berries on rim

How to make:

MUDDLE clove in base of shaker. Add next 3 ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with champagne.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

The rich wintery flavours of sloe gin and honey are balanced by lemon juice with clove providing seasonal spice and rosé champagne lifting and refreshing all.

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History:

Created in September 2014 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

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25th December 2020 at 18:07
Made as my Christmas cocktail with my own homemade sloe gin - absolutely sublime, one of my all time favourite cocktails ?
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