Elderflower Thistle/Agave Bloom
Hoooray! It’s Friday and that means a new cocktail post! Tonight I wanted to showcase a French liqueur, St. Germain. St. Germain is an elderflower liqueur which has a pronounced floral fragrance and tasting notes. Combined with a reliable blended scotch, the flavors are robust and nuanced all at the same time and very enjoyable.
- 2 parts scotch
- 1 part St. Germain
- dash of Angostura bitters
- twist of lemon peel
- Add ice to a highball glass.
- Add the scotch, St. Germain, and bitters.
- Stir to combine.
- Twist a lemon peel over top and drop in.
But wait… everyone should know that if I don’t tweak a recipe, something is wrong. And tonight is no different, I tweaked this recipe into a real blowout! I substituted Herradura Anejo tequila for the Monkey Shoulder blended scotch and you can see below what happened… the tequila knocked out the scotch in the 1st round!
- 2 parts anejo tequila
- 1 part St. Germain liqueur
- dash of angostura bitters
- twist of lemon peel
- Add ice to a highball glass.
- Add the tequila, St. Germain, and bitters.
- Stir to combine.
- Twist the lemon peel over top and drop in.
The pairing of the floral fragrance and flavors of St. Germain and the rich, slightly smokey Herradura Anejo tequila was a symphony on my taste buds. This cocktail is a winner… and a new favorite I plan to enjoy regularly!
Enjoy!
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