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Damson Gin, Lychee and Champagne Cocktail

December 3, 2013 By All That I'm Eating 11 Comments

As much as it’s lovely to have plenty of ideas for food to cook with a festive feel you can’t very well just make do with mulled wine for the month of December. No indeed. At some point in my life I went from having no spirits in the house to being on the verge of opening a drinks emporium. It seems to have crept up on me (I’m sure it has to everyone) and I have all sorts of odds and ends to do something with. The brandy is being used to make sloe or damson port but the four different gins I have going on need to be used up. It’s getting ridiculous.
Damson Gin, Lychee and Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients

You will need (per drink):

37.5ml damson (or sloe) gin
1 lychee from a can plus 3 tsp of the syrup
Champagne to top up

Method

It’s not particularly complicated but who can be bothered with all that exuberant shaking when you’ve just eaten a disgraceful amount of roast potatoes?

Pour the gin into a glass; over ice if you’d like. Plonk the lychee in with the syrup then top it up with Champagne.

You might want to play around with this recipe a little; if your gin is particularly sweet or sharp you may need a little more or less lychee syrup.

Damson Gin, Lychee and Champagne

I think this would be lovely with normal gin too but the damson gin does give it a nice colour. It looks a little like you’ve put a ping pong ball in the glass but by the time you’ve drunk this wonderful drink you are left with an alcohol soaked, soft mouthful of fruit to get your teeth around. It tastes like a sophisticated, time consuming cocktail but it takes barely a minute to make. Perfect to knock up quickly and enjoy slowly; ideally with a mince pie and a log fire.

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Filed Under: Champagne, Christmas, Cocktails, Damson, December, Drinks, Foraging, Fruit, Gin, Lychee, Occasions, Recipes By Month, Seasons, Winter Tagged With: christmas, drinks, gin, recipe

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Comments

  1. Avatargrace says

    December 3, 2013 at 23:24

    i love an action shot! the hue of this drink is lovely. 🙂

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  2. AvatarNavaneetham Krishnan says

    December 4, 2013 at 07:49

    Simple and nice cocktail. Lychees are abundant over here, so trying out shouldn’t be an issue, except maybe a different brand of gin.

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  3. AvatarCookingJar HappyAccidents says

    December 4, 2013 at 16:29

    Lychee anything is great!

    Reply
  4. AvatarAshley @ Wishes and Dishes says

    December 4, 2013 at 16:42

    I need a gallon of this right now! LOL Love the action photos!!

    Reply
  5. AvatarKitchen Riffs says

    December 4, 2013 at 17:28

    Lovely drink! I know all sorts of cocktails that use Champagne, but using sloe gin in one is new to me. Love this! Terrific color, and I’ll bet the flavor is awesome. Thanks.

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  6. AvatarAndrea Mynard says

    December 4, 2013 at 22:10

    Gorgeous festive tipple! Wish I’d made more sloe gin now but definitely want to give this a try.

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  7. AvatarZoe says

    December 5, 2013 at 00:37

    I love cocktail and counting down to Christmas… Cheers!

    We need more lychee cocktail now…

    Reply
  8. AvatarJuliana says

    December 5, 2013 at 06:17

    I love lychee…and this cocktail sure looks awesome, like the color as well.
    Thanks for the recipe and hope you are having a wonderful week Caroline 😀

    Reply
  9. AvatarShu Han says

    December 5, 2013 at 10:03

    BOOOOOOZE! The surefire way to make sure everyone has a good time at christmas parties, forget the food 😉 Good one caroline, recipe looks a stunner!

    Reply
  10. AvatarCaprera Foods says

    September 30, 2015 at 13:45

    So easy to make! Lychee gives it an amazing flavour!

    Reply

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    December 6, 2014 at 10:53

    […] it in a classic G&T but I have also added it to Champagne with a little lychee juice (recipe here) for a fabulous festive tipple. This isn’t a gin you can find in your local supermarket which […]

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