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Sabot
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Sabot
Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1910
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 3⁄4 oz | Cointreau triple sec liqueur |
| 3⁄4 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄3 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative |
| 3⁄4 oz | Brut champagne/sparkling wine |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
- SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
- DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- TOP with sparkling wine.
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs
- Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Cocktail of the day:
24th December 2025 is Christmas Eve
Review:
The Sabot is a White Lady topped with a splash of fizz. Once you've experienced the firepower of a Sabot you'll never want to settle for a mere White Lady again.
AKA: Champagne White Lady
History:
I'm thankful to Rollo Duckworth for introducing me to this champagne-charged cocktail, which, as he says, "has a cavalry flavour to it."
In the 1980s, Rollo served in the Royal Hussars in Germany when the regiment had Chieftain tanks. As he explains, "our fastest and very destructive tank round (bullet) was called a sabot. How a White Lady morphed into this is not known, though bizarrely I think my father was involved. It just made sense to share the name of our most powerful round with this cocktail."
Nutrition:
One serving of Sabot contains 209 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 16.17% alc./vol. (16.17° proof)
- 22.2 grams of pure alcohol
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And I'm wondering whether a blue lady could benefit from Champagne/sparkling wine as well