Champagne cocktails
4 classic recipes from our canon that use champagne — Champagne sits in our beer & wine shelf.
French 75
A gin sour topped with Champagne — celebratory, sharp and dangerously easy.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml champagne
Method
- 1Shake gin, lemon and syrup with ice.
- 2Strain into a chilled flute.
- 3Top gently with cold Champagne.
PRO TIP
Add the Champagne last and slow, or it foams over.
Garnish — Lemon twist
Mimosa
Equal parts Champagne and orange juice — the uncomplicated brunch standard.
Ingredients
- ◆75 ml champagne
- ◆75 ml orange juice
Method
- 1Add the orange juice to a chilled flute.
- 2Top slowly with Champagne.
PRO TIP
Cold ingredients and a slow pour keep it from foaming over.
Garnish — Orange twist
Champagne Cocktail
A bitters-soaked sugar cube drowned in Champagne with a cognac lift — old-world celebration.
Ingredients
- ◆5 ml simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆10 ml cognac
- ◆to top champagne
Method
- 1Add syrup and bitters to a chilled flute, then the cognac.
- 2Top slowly with cold Champagne.
PRO TIP
Traditionally a sugar cube soaked in bitters — syrup keeps it simpler.
Garnish — Lemon twist
Kir Royale
Champagne tinted with a measure of blackcurrant liqueur — pink, elegant and effortless.
Ingredients
- ◆10 ml creme de cassis
- ◆to top champagne
Method
- 1Add the cassis to a chilled flute.
- 2Top slowly with Champagne.
PRO TIP
Use still white wine instead of Champagne and it's simply a Kir.
Garnish — None
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