88
Champagne never hit this hard.
Spirit: GinDifficulty: Mediumsparklingcitruselegant
Ingredients
- 30ml Elevated Gin
- 15ml fresh lemon juice
- 10ml Coconut Blossom Nectar Syrup
- 60ml chilled Brut Champagne or dry sparkling wine
- Ice
- Garnish: lemon twist
Glass
Flute or Coupe
Method
- 01Shake gin, lemon juice, and syrup with ice.
- 02Strain into a chilled flute or coupe.
- 03Top with Champagne. Express lemon twist over the glass.
Service Notes
- Glass: Flute or coupe
- Served: Chilled, no ice
- Yield: ~115ml
- Batch: Shake base to order, keep Champagne chilled and top to order
The Story
It started with the French 75, a field gun so fast and accurate in World War I that soldiers said a cocktail named after it hit just as hard. The drink became legend. Then came the 88. The German 88mm Flak gun was the most feared artillery piece of World War II, anti-aircraft, anti-tank, anti-everything. Precise, devastating, and impossible to ignore. We retired the 75. The 88 is its successor: gin, fresh lemon, Coconut Blossom Nectar, and Champagne. Elegant on the surface. Absolute firepower underneath. History named the guns. We named the drink. Handle with care.
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