Lose Your Shoes Cocktail

Serves
makes 1 cocktail
Time
5 minutes

MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

Published on December 22, 2015

Bartender Kaiko Tulloch riffs on the Champagne cocktail with a more floral and herbal version at Lucky Liquor Co. in Edinburgh. The name for the dangerously delicious drink comes from a customer who claimed she would lose her shoes if she had a couple more.

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Ingredients

For the hibiscus vodka:

¹⁄₂ oz. hibiscus tea
1 bottle vodka

For the cocktail:

¹⁄₂ oz. hibiscus vodka
¹⁄₂ oz. rose liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz. yellow Chartreuse
1 sugar cube
Champagne, preferably Cremante de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs
Grapefruit peel, to garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Make the hibiscus vodka: Pour the vodka into a large bowl, then stir in the tea and let steep for 2 hours. Pour the vodka through a fine strainer back into the bottle and refrigerate until ready to use.

Step 2

Make the cocktail: In a chilled champagne flute, stir the hibiscus vodka with the rose liqueur, chartreuse, and sugar cube. Top with Champagne and twist grapefruit peel over the top before serving.