All entries to the 2025 Mandarine Napoléon Challenge

The Ritual

The Ritual You've just come home. Maybe you're still in your work clothes, maybe you already tossed off your shoes. Maybe you step onto your balcony

Tidewake

Overall concept of the cocktail menu:

In The Tall Grass

The grassy, ​​green notes of the vodka pair well with the sweetness of the liqueur, which is balanced by the lime juice. The bitters and syrup add

French Samurai

For this recipe I like to use Mars Iwai blended Japanese whisky for its notes of vanilla and caramel that compliment the salty miso beautifully, but whatever

Mandarumba

If Diplomatico Blanco Reserva is not available, it can be substituted with Diplomatico Planas Rum. Saline solution should be dashed in, so 3 dashes Mandarin

Jardin Impérial

Frais et fruité, c'est un cocktail à la fois gourmand et rafraîchissant. La mangue et le matcha apporte une note exotique qui relève la mandarine.

Mandarine Sip by Sipset

A layered aperitif where vibrant mandarin citrus fades into mellow berry warmth - like a golden hour unfolding slowly, sip by sip. The first sip presents

Imperiale Fashioned

Originally, I use bourbon infused with coffee instead of adding cold brew, adjusting the intensity to my liking. To infuse bourbon: 1/3 glass roasted

L'éclat du matin

A déguster bien frais, lors d'un apéritif raffiné ou d'un cocktail dînatoire avec des toasts de saumon fumé et fromage frais par exemple

Sloe King-man

Fresh, Berries, citrus and with a kick! Fit for an emperor (Napoleon?), a king (King's ginger?) or a Queen (sloe berries).

Hey Kiddo

if too sweet, you can exchange the Cointreau for a Dry Vemouth

Homunculus

Fresh herb

Napoleonic fashion

Made for the Mandarine Napoleon competition 2025, Inspired by heated cognac and an old fashioned

Mighty Napoléon

I used some lightly spiced rum left over from Christmas and some clementine juice. It's a simple cocktail that can be made using whatever's at hand, adjusting

Napoleon's Races.

Here at The Little Pig Speakeasy we like to make our drinks stirred and spirit forward, so when the opportunity came up to enter the Mandarin Napoleon

Gardens orange

For the recipe I used Nonsuch Blood Orange and Bitter Lemmon Shrub. The garden orange is a harmounious sour style drink, it incorporates Portebello gin