A Friday afternoon on April Fool’s Day seems like a good time to return to my earlier plan to write about liquor as the Data Driven Drinker. So I give you the elderflower vanilla fizz, or the Madonna. This cocktail uses local Vermont ingredients from St Johnsbury and Warren.
The elderflower rum gives a light semisweet flavor up front that compares favorably to a liqueur (e.g. St Germain) . The vanilla rum balances it out and shows on the finish. Vary the amount of ice and club soda according to taste.
Ingredients:
1 ounce Dunc’s Mill Elderflower Rum
1 ounce Mad River Distillers’ Vanilla Rum
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
4 ounces club soda
Ice
Shake rum, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice and strain into a long glass over ice. Top with club soda and garnish with lemon slice.
Elderflower Vanilla Fizz
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