All entries to the 2025 Mandarine Napoléon Challenge

AfterGlow

Afterglow opens with a bright harmony of orange and lime, led by the richness of Mandarine Napoleon. Don Julio Blanco brings a soft agave structure, while

Ashes & Gold

This drink was born from a desire to explore contrast - sweetness and salt, smoke and citrus, brightness and shadow. It's not loud or flashy, but instead

Sweet Clementina

Ive always been a great fan of boozy yet smooth cocktails so i did my best to combine sweet ingredients such as orgeat and lyche with overproof rum to

Sherrabbiata

I fancied something spicy and started throwing some stuff in a glass and it really worked ! The sweet mandarine flavours play with the biscuitiness of

Josephine

Even better with a few drops of rose water

Snapped Up

I took inspiration from a ginger snap cookie and tried to make it into a drink. The botanicals within the mandarin napoleon eccentuate the ginger portion

Mandaritthan

An aperitif-style cocktail that strikes an intriguing balance between the strength and character of the Mandarin Napoleon, the consistency of the Caperitif,

Continental Fizz

Herbal, citrusy, and very moreish. Swizzle before drinking.

Imperial Gold

Pour all ingredients into a Cocktail-Shaker. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds, fine strain in a chilled Nick and Nora. Finish by expressing the oils of

L'exile

"l'Exile" is a strong, Old fashioned like, spirit based cocktail taking origin in the exil of Napoléon on Sainte-Hélène island by the french.

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

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

Too short to ride

The name 'Too short to ride' is a joke relating to Napoleon's regularly noted short stature, who Mandarine Napoleon is of course named after, the drinks

Summer sunset

Multi layer sensation cocktail. Frutty from the Mandarine Napoleon, Fresh from Basil, Savory from Gin mare, Sour from Lemon, Sweet and sparkle from tonic.

The VOC

The complex tones of the botanicals, cognac and whisky marry nicely with the addition of the bitters. The Glenfiddich 12 YO also adds to the moment with

The Elba Escape

The recipe tastes also really good when using 3 dashes of Bittermen's Elemakule Tiki bitters instead of Abbott's. Furthermore, it is also possible to