Simon Epale

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Simon Epale

Sweden

Winning cocktail: Midsommarkransen

"To make this cocktail I started with 2oz of Beefeater 24. The balance of the 12 botanicals in this gin makes it the ideal foundation for mixing. To that I add 3 dashes of Chartreuse Elixir Vegetal. This potent herbaceous blend adds to the array of botanical flavors bringing them right up front on the pallet. Pink Peppercorn syrup gives a bright spice pop to cocktail. Yuzu juice pairs with the bright citrus notes from the peels in the gin and balance the sweetness in the syrup. That is topped with a bitter artichoke foam made from egg whites, sugar, and Cynar Amaro. This bittersweet component complements the angelica and liquorice root. The cocktail is finished with a garnish of matcha powder in the shape of a micro chip. This Matcha tea powder celebrates and brings those tea flavors from the Japanese Sencha and Chinese Green Teas out in the Beefeater 24. These flavors all play beautifully together and create a wonderfully balanced gin cocktail. This combination not only highlights those 12 select botanicals, but shows the versatility of the gin and its use in creating cocktails!"

40ml Beefeater London Dry gin
40ml Wild strawberry and sour cream cordial
15ml lemon juice
10ml Aperol
1 dash liquorice bitters

Garnish with caramel and a flowers crown.

Serve in a stemmed ice cream glass.

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Beefeater London Dry Gin

Named after the Yeoman Warders Who've guarded the Tower of London since appointed as personal bodyguards by King Henry VIII in 1485, they remain the Queens's

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Beefeater Crown Jewel

Originally launched in 1993 and aimed at the travel retail market, this premium Beefeater expression is named after the Crown Jewels displayed at the Tower

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Beefeater Wet

Now discontinued, Beefeater Wet used a base of Beefeater gin, flavoured with pear essence and sweetened by the addition of a little sugar.

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Beefeater 24 Gin

Flavoured with 12 botanicals including rare teas, Beefeater 24 takes its name from the 24-hour period the botanicals are steeped in alcohol prior to distillation.

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Beefeater London Market

Released in June 2011, this is the third in a series of Beefeater limited editions developed by Beefeater's master distiller, Desmond Payne. London Market

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Beefeater Summer Edition

A limited edition seasonal line extension to classic Beefeater gin based on the original Beefeater botanical recipe with the addition of floral botanicals

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Hawker's Sloe Gin

Originally established by James Hawker & Co., a firm of Portsmouth wine merchants. Hawker's suffered as its then owner Allied Domecq struggled to compete

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Beefeater Burrough's Reserve

Launched June 2013, Burrough's Reserve is distilled in a small 19th Century copper pot still and then rested in oak casks for a period prior to bottling.

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Beefeater London Garden

Available exclusively at Beefeater London, the brand’s gin distillery and visitor centre, Beefeater London Garden Gin was launched in May 2014 to coincide

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