See all entries to the 2024 Mandarine Napoléon Challenge

Breakfast After Noon

Early thoughts for the Mandarin Napoleon liqueur cocktails took me down gin and almond routes with white chocolate hints. I got to a recipe I was fairly

Louisiana Purchase

A treaty featuring equal representation from France (Mandarine Napoleon), England (gin), and the United States (rye), together with a little sweetness

Boney's Old Fashioned

Notes of orange, honey, and vanilla with hints of saffron, mint, clove, aniseed, chocolate and pine.

Sick Day

Bright acid, warm spice, a smoky nose giving way to botanicals and herbs followed by a complex and lingering citrus.

Diamond Rock

A collection of citruses on a soft sparkly blanket. For the foam, use 15 ml of egg white or aquafaba or 3 dashes of your preferred foaming agent. If you

Napoleon's Flip

Taking inspiration from the "flip" - an old drink with a complex and mysterious history, I combined it with Mandarin Napoleon to give a drink

Death in Paradise

Used Tarquins gin, so suggest a cirtrus forward gin as the base.

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.

Company Accounts

A drink created to get me through preparing the company accounts...

L'Imperial Kir Breton

You'll have a refreshing cocktail, excellent for a summer evening with plenty of citrusy aroma, a bittersweet taste thanks to the liqueur and cider and

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

French Philosopher

This drink is best served up to enjoy all the subtle flavors that are playing well together, which you would lose if it was diluted by ice. Also, the

Joséphine

A delicate but strong-willed character. Mandarine Napoléon in a backless dress topped with a crown of roses. Rose water is rather intense so use it with

Manda dream

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

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.

Thyme Machine

This drink started life as a riff on a Classic Gimlet - created in March 2024 by Sam Burge of The Dark Horse bar in Bath.