After such an amazing and patriotically-fuelled twelve months for Britain – with the Jubilee, Olympics and Paralympics – what could be a better cocktail with which to say goodbye to 2012 than the ‘St. James’s Jubilee’?
Created by Berry Bros. & Rudd, purveyors of wines and spirits to both The Queen and the Prince of Wales, it features the very British ingredients of the firm’s own No.3 London Dry gin, English sparkling wine, elderflower liqueur and fresh lemon juice – topped off with a ‘royal’ raspberry.
The cocktail is named after the location of Berrys’ 300-year old shop at No.3, St. James’s Street, London. The shop is located a few hundred yards from St. James’s Palace – once the home of King William III, the monarch who popularised the drinking of gin in Britain.
The St.James’s Jubilee
Ingredients:
50ml No.3 London Dry gin
25ml fresh lemon juice
15ml elderflower liqueur
100ml English sparkling wine
Method:
Shake all ingredients, bar the English sparkling wine, with ice in a cocktail shaker.
Then, strain over the chilled sparkling wine.
Garnish with a single raspberry.
Glass: Champagne flute.
No.3 is available at Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, as well as selected Tesco stores, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols; RRP of £33.65 for a 70cl bottle.
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