Elderflower Summer Cocktail
Damson Collins Elderflower Summer Cocktail cordial making season is here, The Damson Nº12 Collins!
The taste of summer, ice-cream, sunbathing, swimming… and of course all things elderflower.
This refreshing and delicious syrup is a great way to capture in a bottle the essence of summer and is a beautiful seasonal ingredient in cocktails and sorbets!
Making the most of this sweet flower, the Damson Nº12 Collins looks, tastes and smells like summer in a glass. Capturing the aroma of summer evenings, no summer is complete without a Damson Vodka cocktail and elderflower.
Ingredients
- Add 60ml Damson Nº7
- 15ml elderflower liqueur
- 15ml rose petal syrup
- dash of orange bitters
- squeeze of lemon juice
Shake in a cocktail shaker and garnish with a lemon twist and flowers, top with soda water. Use a pipette to drop a shot of Damson Vodka to create the colour contrast at the bottom of the glass, yum!

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