Name: Artist's Gin and Tonic
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Cranberry juice; 90 ml Tonic water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cranberry juice (sweetened)

3 fl oz

Thomas Henry Tonic Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COPA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon wedge.

Method

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.

Briefly STIR.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Artist's Gin & Tonic contains 146 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
8.06% alc./vol. (16.13° proof)
12.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by the team at the Bombay Sapphire Distillery, this cocktail's name was inspired by Keïla Urzaiz de Calignon, an accomplished bartender who's also the talented artist who designed the tote bag that accompanied this cocktail when sold as a bundle.

Keïla was inspired to make this water collage by focusing on the drink itself and using only the three primary colours blue, red and yellow. Instead of painting the drink, she painted four sheets of paper using the primary colours, blending yellow and blue to make green, and using different proportions of pigments and water to create irregular shades of each colour. She then cut and assembled the pieces to form the shape of the cocktail.

Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 37w

A very nice, light, slightly sweet spritz - starts with distinct flavors of elderflower liqueur (but not overly strong or sweet), then a hint of cranberry in transition to modest botanicals of the gin. A very refreshing spritz that doesn't present as too sweet or too strong. Very enjoyable - this should be a revisited often as a light and delicious refresher! I note I used sweetened cranberry juice, and didn't find it too sweet at all.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 44w

As with other commenters here, we went with unsweetened cranberry juice. We start with a pure juice, with absolutely no additives, and dilute this with chilled water at a ratio of 1:2. We also reduce the tonic water to 60ml. And serve it in a Rocks Glass. A delicious, refreshing and pretty drink.

Yossi Burg 2y

Post Script- just checked and I used unsweetened cranberry juice- and this suited my partner and I perfectly- there is enough sweetness with the St. Germain Elderflower and Fever Tree Premium tonic. Would I use sweetened cranberry next time? No. This is perfect.

Andre Derailleur Premium Member 45w

Unsweetened cranberry was just right with st germain. My apologies to Bombay but I used west winds navy strength gin which worked well with a single shot.

Yossi Burg 2y

Perfection for a light refreshing cocktail- nothing needs changing for this masterpiece. Caveat and apologies though- no open bottle of Bombay Sapphire in the house so used the Australian gin Never Never Distilling Co. Triple Juniper gin 43% ABV. Will be made frequently in our house.