See all 2024 entries
See all 2024 entries

See all entries to the 2024 Mandarine Napoléon Challenge

Prev
Showing 1-16 of 278
Next
Regal Island Retreat image

Regal Island Retreat

Fruity, rich, smooth, and refreshing. Mandarine Napoleon liqueur offers the leading mandarin orange character and complex botanical flavors to the cocktail.

Manda's Kiss image

Manda's Kiss

You might want to slightly adjust the quantity of lime juice and/or mandarin juice if the mandarin juice is too sweet or too sour.

Waterloo Sour image

Waterloo Sour

It is better to use 10 ml of rich cinnamon syrup and only use grated powder for the decoration. However, to make the recipe easier to recreate, 1-2 pinches

Maggie's French Quarter Sour image

Maggie's French Quarter Sour

Inspired by my fiancé and our first vacation together in New Orleans. This cocktail is fruity and complex, much like what you find in the French Quarter.

Mêl Napoléon image

Mêl Napoléon

I used Ginger Mead for an extra depth, then garnished with a crystallised ginger cube for an extra kick. A dry gin is preferred; I used The Botanist.

Sun on Stad Strad image

Sun on Stad Strad

This recipe developed from our attempts at Mr Smiths Loft to update our new cocktail menu. We aimed to develop an easy-to-replicate cocktail featuring

Josephine's Reply image

Josephine's Reply

The smokey but connected base of the Mezcal, lime and mole bitters with just a hint of chocolate and cinnamon combine uniquely to create a very balanced

Orange Vinyl image

Orange Vinyl

I started with Mezcal and Tequila as a base since those are my two hard liquors of choice. Then of course, the obligatory addition of freshly squeezed

Sainte-Hélène Iced Tea image

Sainte-Hélène Iced Tea

Discovered by trying to make a Pimm's Cup without Pimm's. The name is a reference to Saint-Helena, a British island between Brazil and Angola

Napoleon's chemical revolution image

Napoleon's chemical revolution

tasting notes: Mineral, smoke, mandarin, zesty, hint of anise, vanilla, refreshing.

Manda dream image

Manda dream

I tried 3 cocktails, 2 others were really bad. I wanted to mix with vermouth dry since mandarine liquor is sweet.

Napoleon's Tonic image

Napoleon's Tonic

POUR ingredients into chilled glass and STIR for 20-30 seconds.

Mandarin Rush image

Mandarin Rush

A riff on the 'Gold Rush', in this variation I dialled back the honey syrup considerably, to make space for the sweetness of the mandarin liqueur

Oranje boven de Waal (Orange above the Waal) image

Oranje boven de Waal (Orange above the Waal)

Fresh citrus sweet with a hint of chocolate

Smoked Sunshine image

Smoked Sunshine

As a spicy margarita fan, I wanted to experiment with my favourite flavours. After some failed experiments with jalapenos, and some nice sherry cobblers,

L'Imperatore image

L'Imperatore

My grandmother loves Mandarine Napoléon, and she was just giving me an old bottle that she likes, juste one day or two before I learned about the challenge

Prev
Showing 1-16 of 278
Next
Welcome to Difford's Guide

All editorial and photography on this website is copyright protected

© Odd Firm of Sin 2026