Cocktail of the month - English Rose

February 11, 2016 by Dave @ The Craft Drinks Co.

Cocktail of the month - ENGLISH ROSE

Mix one of these up for your love on Valentines Day and you're on to a winner! It's got delicate flavours of gin, almond and red grape with a bit of cardamom to spice things up!

The recipe for love:

• 30ml gin
• 20ml triple Sec
• 2 rosemary sprigs
• 4 cardamom pods
• A dash of angostura bitters
• Splash of orgeat (almond syrup)
• 2 lemon quarters
• 25ml red grape juice
• 25ml egg white

Garnish - freeze dried raspberries and rosemary

1. Add the cardamom, lemon, orgeat, bitters and rosemary to your shaker and bash with a muddler.
2. Add gin, triple sec, egg white and red grape juice then shake without ice.
3. Add ice then shake again.
4. Double strain into your glass & garnish with freeze dried raspberries and rosemary.