Name: French Spritz
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Soda water; 40 ml Gentian liqueur; 10 ml Elderflower liqueur; 90 ml Brut sparkling wine

Ingredients

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

3 fl oz

Brut champagne/sparkling wine

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of French Spritz contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
10.92% alc./vol. (21.84° proof)
16.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Fred Charlet at La Cabane in Strasbourg, France, who says of his drink, "The idea was to create a fresh cocktail made with French ingredients: Suze, St Germain and champagne: what else do you need to represent the typically French appetizer. May be a baguette and a béret, but that is not the subject here. I hope you will enjoy this cocktail and don't forget, a good French appetizer always match with French cheese."

See Spritz history and family of cocktails

Comments & Discussion

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Beth Schneider 1y

A reminder that I’m not a fan of Gentian liqueur. As such, it was good, especially after doubling the elderflower liqueur.

Sean Baron 2y

Would Cava make it a Spanish Spritz?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

A logical name if Spanish rather than French liqueurs also used.

Elizabeth Johnson Premium Member 3y

This recipe is wonderfully adaptable. I love Suze so I enjoyed it as written but have tried with Tuscan Bitter (very “botanical”), Capellini Bitter and Bigallet China-China (lovely rosy gold and blends perfectly with the elderflower and champagne). Can’t wait to try with the rest of my amaros.

RYAN GOODE 4y

Not a big fan of Suze, so I upped the elderflower liqueur a lot (2x-3x), and I found it quite drinkable.

Jordan Field 6y

Is the garnish supposed to be a thyme sprig or a rosemary sprig? It definitely looks like a rosemary sprig in the photo.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Well spotted. The original recipe specifies thyme but I prefer rosemary. I have now added rosemary in brackets in the garnish specified above. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.