Because I am in a land of lingonberries rather than lemons at the moment, I turned the whole thing Finnish with Lignell & Piispanen Lingoncello and lingonberry juice. Yes, it’s a different cocktail now, but it still works! Kippis!

For a Nordic riff, I just made this but with Lingoncello from Lignell & Piispanen. It works very, very well! Call it a Negroni Finlandese, or something.

A cocktail for the “strange but good” file - love a savoury cocktail like this. I was greedy and doubled everything because I wanted more than a bite-sized drink. For my fellow coriander-haters, I recommend celery bitters as a good substitute. Also because I am very literal, I cued up “Hang on Little Tomato” by Pink Martini while I was mixing it, and I think this should be part of the recipe.

This is a fantastic cocktail, on track to become a new favourite. I made it extra Finnish (because I am currently in Helsinki) by subbing in lingonberry juice for the cranberry, and using my naughty-but-nice Tom of Finland vodka. Also I had Kajo cloudberry liqueur rather than Lapponia, but honestly if you can get your hands on any kind of Lakkalikööri at all you are winning!