The Flower Star

The day I received the email was the last day to enter the contest. The Bombay Sapphire Creativity contest. I didn’t read the fine print? I worked on the cocktail for a week, maybe two. Gin and non-gin drinkers tested all the drinks. This recipe a winner.

Working title: The Flower Star

Ingredients

2 oz of Bombay Sapphire
1/2 oz Hibiscus Syrup
1/2 oz of Green Chartreuse
1/2 oz of Fresh Lemon Juice
2 Bar Spoons of Agave

Method

Add all ingredients to a mixing tin. Add ice. Shake and fine strain.


Glass: chilled Coupe glass


Garnish: Gold dipped hibiscus flower or edible gold glitter hibiscus flower (gold leaf is best) *the how-to for this garnish here

**agave should be fluid dilute with little water if needed

sparkling hibiscus

Please drink responsibly

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I originally posted this October 2022. An evergreen flashback Friday! Cheers! Cheers!

A Good Goldie

Challenge accepted. Riff on a Negroni. Sort of. Here. It. Is.

You’re welcome. Wink. Wink.

Stir A Good Goldie

A Good Goldie

Ingredients

2 oz Bombay Sapphire gin

1 oz of Liquor 43

1/2 oz dry vermouth

1/2 oz Antica Carpano sweet vermouth

3 droppers of rye chocolate bitters

6 dashes of orange bitters

Method

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain over ice.

Garnish: orange peel or dehydrated tangelos

Glass: bucket glass

Please enjoy of the legal drinking age and drink responsibly

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