French 77
ClassicGin, elderflower, and lemon crowned with champagne — floral and effervescent.
Floral and bright. Elderflower brings a honeyed, pear-and-lychee sweetness that softens the gin's juniper, lemon keeps it crisp, and champagne lifts it into something delicate and celebratory. Elegant and easy — flowers in a flute.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Gin
- 0.5 oz Elderflower Liqueur
- 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- Champagne to top
- Lemon twist · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Shake the gin, elderflower liqueur, and lemon with ice until chilled.
- 2
Strain into a chilled flute.
- 3
Top with champagne.
- 4
Garnish with a lemon twist.
The Story
The French 77 is the modern, floral answer to the French 75 — the same gin-lemon-champagne skeleton with elderflower liqueur standing in for the sugar. It rode the wave of elderflower's craft-cocktail comeback in the late 2000s, when a single bottle of St-Germain seemed to appear behind every bar. Softer and more perfumed than its namesake, it's become a brunch and wedding staple.
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