Name: Elderflower Champagne Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 45 ml Brut sparkling wine

Elderflower Champagne Cocktail
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Serve in a Flute glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with champagne.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

An Elderflower Collins with champagne in place of soda water.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in February 2021 by Dr John Davies in Newbury, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Elderflower Champagne Cocktail contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
14.56% alc./vol. (14.56° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

9th August 2024 at 12:23

I had some homemade elderflower “champagne” from my mother in law, so swapped the St Germain for plain sugar and halved it as the champagne is quite sweet already. Ford’s for the gin. Happy with the balance 😊

John CARR

9th August 2024 at 12:25

I used eureka (tart) lemons as Meyer, although in season, were interfering with the delicate elderflower flavours.

Peter McCarthy

14th July 2024 at 19:21

Nice brunch cocktail option. Bubbly lemon with subtle gin, elderflower, and champagne.

Dave Smith

3rd April 2023 at 00:51

This is a really good cocktail. I try to always use Meyer lemons which are not as tart. The champagne, or I should say sparkling wine, was Domaine Chandon (Napa USA) brut. A taste of spring!

Sean Baron

11th February 2023 at 23:58

This works just as well, if not a smidgen better with Italicus/Bergamot Liqueur.

Sean Baron

12th February 2023 at 00:41

And it works even better with Lychee liqueur.

John Hinojos

31st December 2022 at 21:30

Outstanding. Had this cocktail for New Year Eve luncheon. Went perfectly with Chicken and Broccoli crepes. Loved the hint of elderflower and the herbal of the gin.

Richard Christmas

25th December 2022 at 18:31

Very pleasant, but I think I prefer it with a tad more champagne, to take the edge off the sweetness.

Ignacy Szczupal

11th September 2022 at 22:19

A very delicate balance between the lemon juice and the liqueur to maintain. The final taste is very dependent on the acidity of the champagne (or sparkling wine) used. The quality of sparkling wine is generally the opposite of its acidity, so if you use a basic sparkling wine or champagne, you should reduce the amount of lemon juice. If you are using a high quality champagne (Krugg, etc), reduce the amount of liqueur. For a good medium range champagne (Taittinger, Moet…), stick to base.

Mark Kenyon

2nd October 2021 at 17:28

A nice balance of flavours if a little lemony…we had to have another and added 30% less Lemon juice and it was a better drink, more Elderflower came through…Very nice :-)

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