JavaScript is not enabled!
For information on how to enable Javascript on your browser click here.

The Reindeer

Name: The Reindeer
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 slice Fresh ginger; 20 ml Citrus vodka; 7.5 ml Chilli syrup; 2.5 ml Lemon juice; Top up with Brut sparkling wine

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (8)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
2 slice	Fresh ginger root (thumbnail-sized slice)
2/3 fl oz	Ketel One Citroen Vodka
1/4 fl oz	Chili pepper (spicy) syrup
1/12 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
Top up with	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

Garnish: Holly sprig & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (the holly represents the antlers and the cherry the red nose)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Flute glass

Method:

MUDDLE ginger in base of shaker. Add next three ingredients (all but champagne), SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with champagne.

<strong>Spicy sugar syrup</strong>
To make your own festive spice syrup: Stir half a cup of hot water and half a cup of sugar in a pan until sugar is dissolved. Add 1 cracked cinnamon stick, ½ a split vanilla pod and 1 teaspoon of cracked Szechuan peppers. Cover for 15 minutes then strain and cool liquid. If using this syrup in the recipe below then use 12.5ml.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

6.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Ketel One Brand Ambassador, Dave Beatty.

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

Maxine W 2y

An instant Christmas tradition. We served this as a welcoming drink for our Christmas Eve party and guests couldn't get enough of the intriguing soft spices. They asked for more syrup but we realised that this recipe is perfectly balanced. Thank you, Difford!