Courtside

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 fresh Strawberries (hulled, small & ripe)
3 fresh Raspberries
1 1⁄2 oz Ketel One Vodka
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
Top up with Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Berries and mint sprigs

How to make:

MUDDLE berries in base of shaker. Add next five ingredients (all but soda), SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 4/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 4/10
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Review:

Easy drinking, fruity, refreshing and lightly sweet. Bring on the summer's afternoon.

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Annechien’s Avatar Annechien
5th January at 21:03
Very fresh and flowery and fruity. Summer in a glass.
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Lana Dragicevich’s Avatar Lana Dragicevich
8th July 2023 at 09:35
This is a straight sets winner! Husband had to check it had alcohol in it. He checked the second one too!
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Nick Bull’s Avatar Nick Bull
2nd July 2023 at 17:55
Very refreshing and waaaaayyyyy too easy to drink.
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Jonathan Stephens’ Avatar Jonathan Stephens
5th June 2021 at 18:03
Love it. Proper summer drink (although dangerously drinkable)
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Mark Artis’ Avatar Mark Artis
29th November 2020 at 03:33
Outstanding
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Orla Brady’s Avatar Orla Brady
11th October 2020 at 20:33
Love this one; sweet and refreshing!!!
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Florian Berry’s Avatar Florian Berry
7th September 2020 at 10:41
A very nice cocktail, women love it and i put more raspberries and let all the flesh in the glass to give more texture. Easy drinking and delicious !
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billy mitchell’s Avatar billy mitchell
24th May 2020 at 14:01
the wife loved this one ,looks and tastes good.
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Omi Ham-Sandwich’s Avatar Omi Ham-Sandwich
1st May 2020 at 23:42
You don't taste the alcohol. Super delicious!
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