Russian Spring

PH factor: 8.5

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka

o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis

o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice

o ½ ounce Simple Syrup

(see: Syrups etc.)

o champagne

Garnish

o lemon peel

Method:

1. Shake cocktail ingredients

except champagne over ice.

2. Strain into an ice-filled

wine glass and top with

champagne.

3. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Comments:

As Einstein famously posited,

“A springtime in Russia is a

relative thing”. This is an easy

going cocktail though slightly

more complicated than the Kir

Royale which it resembles.

. . .