Empress 75
A classic French 75 with a modern twist! Made with Empress 1908 gin, fresh grapefruit juice, and a rose water simple syrup. The gin's blue hue swirled with champagne is what gives it its gorgeous purple ish colour.
Ingredients
- per single serve
- 1 oz Empress 1908 gin
- 3/4 oz fresh grapefruit juice
- 1/2 oz rose water simple syrup
- champagne
- ice
- garnish with grapefruit peel twist
- Rose water simple syrup
- 1/2 cup rose water
- 1/2 granulated white sugar
- 2 grapefruit peel twists
Instructions
- In a shaker combine gin, syrup, grapefruit juice with ice. Shake until just chilled to the touch. Strain into champagne glass and fill with champagne.
- To make the syrup: Combine everything into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Let simmer 10 minutes. Chill and keep refrigerated until ready to use. Store in fridge for 1 week.