Name: Comte de Sureau
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 25 ml Elderflower liqueur; 7.5 ml Red bitter liqueur

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

5/6 fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

1/4 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange & lemon zest twists.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange and lemon zests over cocktail and then use both to garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Comte de Sureau contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
25.82% alc./vol. (51.64° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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James Tran 1 day ago

I found it a bit sweet, so I switched to 2oz gin, 5/6oz st germaine, 1/3 oz campari. Served up. Looks beautiful and very well balanced this way

Florian Ruf Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 days ago

Obviously the ratios in this cocktail seem to be very personal. I found the original very pleasing and only would suggest never to skip using both types of citrus peels.

Lawrence Maes 3 months ago

As mentioned below, the dilution is really important. Even after stirring I ended up adding just a little bit of chilled water. I've also changed the ratios a little bit. I kept the 45ml Gin but changed the Elderflower and Campari ratios to 15ml each.

John CARR Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 months ago

With Tanqueray 10 and a good amount of dilution this absolutely sings. Delicately aromatic with a lovely amount of lingering bitterness to cleanse the palate. Pushing five stars with a tailwind.

Florian Ruf Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 days ago

Dilution seems to be a big factor, thank you John!

Will Moss Commenter Appreciated Commenter 6 months ago

Already delicious but if you knock back the elderflower a tad and boost the Campari a little it gets even better

Tomasz Szlezak 7 months ago

I used Gordon’s pink gin along with a dash of orange bitters and it was wonderful

nicolas bekr 8 months ago

I swap the gin with acerum (eau de vie d’érable) and add a dash of orange bitter. It was so refreshing!

Bocman Commenter Appreciated Commenter 11 months ago

Idk, Campari just dominated everything else. At start i can feel some notes of Elderflower, but later - no. 🌼

Perry Humphries Appreciated Commenter Conversation Starter 1 year ago

Decreased to St Gemain to 22.5 and upped the Campari to 15ml. Fantastic!

Cassandra Adams Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 months ago

This worked very well for us (also added 1 dash orange bitters as per other comments). Thanks!

Werd Bmocsil Premium Member Commenter 1 year ago

The first Negroni relative I have been able to tolerate.
A good drink for Something Completely Different.
I used Engine sage gin, St. Germain, and Contratto Bitter.