Happy Friday friends! Y’all made it! Cheers to the weekend – let’s kick it off right with this super yummy Indigo French 75!
Empress 1908 Gin sent us a few bottles to enjoy at home and I have to say, I’ve never been much of gin drinker but I LOVE this stuff! Not only is it beautiful in colour and makes for the most sip worthy cocktail but it also tastes great! We so loved our beautiful cocktail and can’t wait to try out some more fun recipes.
About Empress 1908 Gin
Empress 1908 Gin is a hand-craft spirit, micro-distilled in small batches by Victoria Distillers in British Columbia, Canada. Y’all know I’m here for my Canadian companies – I was so excited to learn this when they reached out about collaborating.
The gin is inspired by the renowned tea and cocktail program of the iconic Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria (a must visit on my travel bucket list!).
It is distilled in small batch copper-pots stills using eight botanicals: juniper, rose, coriander seed, grapefruit peel, ginger root, cinnamon bark, butterfly pea blossoms and the Fairmont Empress Blend Tea.
The beautiful indigo colour comes from the butterfly pea blossoms. I was blown away to see the colour change with the addition of the citrus. Apparently, with the addition of the citrus and tonic, Empress 1908 transforms from the vivid indigo blue colour seen in the bottle to a delicate soft pink. You can learn more about Empress 1908 and locate a store near you by clicking here.
Alright, without further adieu, let’s get into it!
Cocktail Ingredients:
- 2 oz Empress 1980 Gin
- 3/4 oz of simple syrup
- 3/4 oz of lemon juice (about 3/4 the juice from one medium lemon)
- 2-3oz of champagne or sparkling wine to top the glass
For garnish:
- Sugar to rim the edge of the glass – you can skip this step, I just love how pretty a sugar rimmed champagne flute looks.
- 2 lemon peel twists
Instructions:
- Rim your glasses with sugar and set aside.
- Add ice to your martini shaker.
- Add the gin, simple syrup and lemon juice.
- Shake it vigorously, until contents well chilled.
- Carefully into your champagne flute, leaving a few inches to top with bubbly.
- Top it off with some champagne.
- Garnish with your lemon twist.
- Sit back & enjoy – cheers friends!
Let me know in the comments below what other gin cocktail recipes I should try out!
Have a great weekend! xx
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If you like this recipe be sure to check out some of my others – this Vodka Elderflower Martini is a fan fav!
