A beautiful cocktail with a vibrant red color, it will add a festive touch to any occasion – especially red-themed ones! The red color is from the Raspberry Simple Syrup that you make from scratch.
Raspberry Simple Syrup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup raspberry - fresh or frozen
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a small pot, bring it to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and crushing the berries.
- Let cool and pour the liquid through a sieve using a spoon to press all liquid through.
- Store the syrup in a glass container and refrigerate. Any extra will last two weeks in the refrigerator If stored properly. It can also be frozen in silicone ice trays.
Gin & Raspberry Collins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 oz gin
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1 oz raspberry simple syrup
- 1/2 oz elderberry liqueur - optional but delicious
- 1 - 2 oz club soda
- 1 -2 shakes bitters
- lemon slices, fresh raspberries, rosemary sprigs - Garnish
Instructions
- Pour gin, lemon juice, raspberry simple syrup, and elderflower, into a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake well and pour into a coupe or stemmed glass.
- Shake 2 drops of bitters in, then add the club soda and stir gently.
- Garnish and serve.
Bitters
Bitters are flavor extracts made by infusing barks, flowers, roots, berries, citrus peels, and other botanical elements into a liquid.
You may have heard of Angostura Bitters. They are herbaceous and add depth to cocktails. Additionally, many new flavors are being created to enhance all different types of cocktails.
My new favorites are the citrus flavors: bitter orange and lime. Recently, I tried 2 of the lime bitters that I researched.
The flavors are different, but I enjoyed both.
- Scrappy’s is more herby with lime flavors.
- Fee Brothers is more lime-flavored and a bit sweeter.
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