7 x St~Germain cocktails you NEED to try!

Hi everyone, welcome to today's cocktail vlog. I'm Steve the bartender, and today I'm making seven easy Saint-Germain cocktails thanks to our video sponsor, Saint-Germain. For those of you who don't know, Saint-Germain is a French elderflower liqueur that gives a lot of floral and citrusy and maybe some tropical fruit notes to a cocktail. Saint-Germain is a fantastic ingredient that can be used as an accent in many classic cocktails, such as the Collins, elderflower Collins. Adding a little bit of this adds this nice citrusy floral note to a classic Collins recipe, which is why I'm starting first with a spiced elderflower and pear Collins. Nice and easy recipe, this one. It calls for 30 mil, one ounce of Saint-Germain elderflower liqueur, followed by your choice of cognac. I'm using Pierre Ferrand. 30 mil, one ounce. Next, I have this giant tin of pear juice. It's the smallest I had. 22.5 mil, three quarter ounce, followed by fresh lemon juice. My lemon's a little bit too big today, so I can't use my other citrus press. 22.5 mil, three quarter ounce. Then lastly is a four spice honey syrup. It's simply honey syrup with a French four spice, also known as French allspice, which is a very popular combination of spices used in French cooking. It's white pepper, ginger, clove, and nutmeg. 15 mil, half an ounce. Now add ice and give it a shake. Add a splash of soda water before straining over fresh ice. I've simply garnished with a big twist of lemon. There you have a spiced elderflower and pear Collins. Cheers. That is a delicious combination of elderflower, pear, and honey. Onto the second Saint-Germain cocktail, the Coletti Royale. This one is by Julie Reiner, one of the co-owners of Clover Club and Leander in New York. This one calls for a Reposado tequila. 45 mil, 1.5 ounce. Despite having quite a few ingredients, easy one to remember, the next few ingredients are all 15 mil, 1.5 ounce. So Saint-Germain, elderflower liqueur, Cointreau, triple sec orange liqueur. Same again, 15, 1.5 ounce. And then blood orange juice. Unfortunately, I can't get a hold of fresh blood oranges, so I can't use a fresh blood orange for my garnish, unfortunately. And then 15 mil, 1.5 ounce of fresh lime juice. And then two dashes of orange bitters. Using one dash of Regans and one of Fee Brothers. Add ice and give it a shake. And the final ingredient is a spritz of champagne, a rose champagne. I'm actually using something local. This one's from Tasmania Jams. 90 mil, three ounces. For the sake of the video, I'll measure it. I'll strain out any excess water and strain over the top. Garnish with a slice of blood orange if you can get access to them. Otherwise, a slice of orange is fine. And there you have the Coletti Royale. Cheers. I'm usually not a fan of adding champagne or sparkling wine to cocktails, with the exception of the French 75. But this is delicious. I think it's the combination with the elderflower and the citrus and the blood orange. Yeah, real citrusy. Very refreshing. The next cocktail is the Sunflower. I've done this on the channel before, but I thought, why not? It's a bit of a modern classic and it's another creation of Sam Ross. So it's an equal part cocktail. Very easy to remember. 22.5 mil, three-quarter ounce of your preferred gin. I'm using three-fold aromatic gin, my gin. I'll leave a link so you can check that in the description below. Saint Germain Elderflower Cure. Cointreau. Thanks to John G. for buying the back bar. Now, the coupe glass I'm using is quite small. And given that it's an equal part cocktail, probably should have had the foresight just to do smaller measurements, so it would fit in the glass. But I just really wanted to use this glass. Plenty of ice and give it a shake for 12 to 15 seconds. And this cocktail calls for an absence rinse. So I'm doing a very small dash and just rolling around the glass. And a very simple citrus twist garnish on the edge of the glass. We have a sunflower. Cheers. Ooh, I like that little, that just ever-so-subtle hint of anise that comes through. Citrusy, floral, with that little aniseed note. I don't usually like aniseed, but when it's in that subtle kind of, when it's in the background, it works really well. Next is another twist on a classic, the gimlet, the French gimlet. So the reason I picked La Tribute is not because it's French, it's Spanish, it's because it's quite heavy on lime. And the gimlet is a lime-based cocktail, quite citrusy, so I think this should work quite well. I'm a little bit unsure about the ratios, but I'll give it a chance and I'll let you know my thoughts. So the French gimlet is a simple three-ingredient cocktail. 60 mil of your chosen gin, two ounces. Stunning bottle. Likewise for the Saint-Germain, I should say. And 45 mil, 1.5 ounce of Saint-Germain, a little flower liqueur. And I'll leave a link to the classic gimlet recipe up here and in the description so you can check it out. 15 mil, half an ounce of fresh lime. Add ice and shake. And it's strained into a chilled Coke. And a lime wheel. Very simple. There's a French gimlet. Cheers. I'm quite surprised with this one. I thought it would be a little bit too sweet with quite a large measurement of Saint-Germain, but it works really well. Because you've got the 60 mil, two ounces of gin, that's at the forefront. So you get those botanicals from the gin that you're utilizing, and then you get this strong floral note from the elderflower. Surprising. Onto cocktail number five, the English Garden. Of course, because of the name, I'm gonna use an English gin, so therefore I'm gonna use Warner's London Dry. So 45 mil, 1.5 ounce of your preferred gin. 30 mil, one ounce of Saint-Germain elderflower liqueur. Followed by cloudy apple juice. I get a surprising amount of messages asking me what cloudy apple juice actually is. In Australia, it's just unfiltered pressed apples. That's it. So I think in America and some other countries, they probably refer to this as cider. In Australia, cider is alcoholic. 50 mil, one and two thirds of an ounce. Then 10 mil, one third of an ounce of fresh lime juice. Add ice and shake. Now when I think of classic Saint-Germain flavor pairings, I think of these exact ingredients. I think lemon juice, apple juice, cucumber, and gin. They all go perfectly well with Saint-Germain. Cheers. They go perfectly well with Saint-Germain. Refreshing and extremely crushing. The next cocktail is the Irish Maid. It has a little bit of a similar flavor profile to the cocktail I did previously, but it calls for muddled cucumber so that the cucumber flavor is a little bit more pronounced. So I've just roughly chopped some cucumber, four thick slices thrown in, and given it a really brief muddle. When you shake it, it's quite a soft vegetable, so it's just gonna tear apart and that flavor's gonna impart on the cocktail. So starting off with the Irish Whiskey. 60 mil, two ounces. And I should note the Irish Maid is a riff on the Kentucky Maid, which is created by Sam Ross. Only difference is the Kentucky Maid uses bourbon whiskey instead of Irish. 15 mil, half an ounce of Saint-Germain elderflower liqueur. 22.5 mil, three-quarter ounce of simple syrup. And 22.5 mil, three-quarter ounce of lemon juice. Add ice and give it a shake. Strain it over fresh ice and then garnish with it. Use a Surfside sip. You can use the coupon code STB20 for 20% off your Surfside sips at surfsidesip.com. There you have the Irish Maid. Cheers. I know I've said this quite a few times in past cocktails that I've just made, but that is an excellent combination. Whiskey, Saint-Germain, citrus, and cucumber. It's hands down, this is fantastic. You have to try all these cocktails, but especially this one. On to the next. And the last cocktail to round out today's seven Saint-Germain cocktails is the Elder Fashion. This was created by Phil Ward back in 2007. Phil Ward is, I'm not sure if he's an owner, bar manager, Death & Co. He's affiliated with Death & Co. This cocktail calls for your choice of bourbon whiskey. So 60 mil, two ounces. I'm using Le Gent. Sorry, I'm just pre-chilling my mixing glass. 60 mil, two ounces. Followed by 15 mil of Saint-Germain. So all the other cocktails have been sweet sippers, really summery, refreshing. This is a bit more spirit-forward, which is why I was saving it till last. So 15 mil, half an ounce of Saint-Germain Elderflower Liqueur. Just a touch of simple syrup. So half a bar spoon. And then two dashes of orange peels. One of Regan's and one of Feebo's. So out of all the cocktails so far, this is probably the one that intrigues me the most because, well, it's simply a combination of flavors that isn't my go-to. As I've said quite a few times, Saint-Germain, cucumber, elderflower, apple juice, lemon juice, those flavors are the first things that come to mind. So this intrigues me. I'm gonna give it a short stir and let it evolve in the glass. Garnished with a twist of orange. And there you have an elder fashion. Cheers. I quite like this. I think this is the most surprising of them all, purely because it's a combination that is not my go-to. It is a really good combination. Very surprising. The Saint-Germain isn't actually as pronounced as some of the other cocktails. The whiskey overshadows it a little bit, but gives it an old fashioned, like a kind of pleasant floral kind of note. Definitely worth a try. Highly recommend it. If you enjoyed today's video, please give it a thumbs up and let me know in the comments below. And if you have an elderflower cocktail that you absolutely love, make sure you share it with me as well. Until next time. Cheers.