Papillon Bleu

CocktailsGin
Written By Miguel Buencamino

You’ve seen a Negroni come in red and white… but what about blue? You need to try this one. Cheers y’all.

ingredients:

  • 1½ oz | 45 ml Empress Gin

  • ½ oz | 15 ml Suze

  • ¾ oz | 22.5 ml Lillet Blanc

  • ½ oz | 15 ml Creme de Violette

  • Grapefruit Wedge

tools:

 

instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir, strain and pour the cocktail over a large ice cube and garnish with a grapefruit wedge. Serve and enjoy!

Save or Pin this Recipe card

Check out the video on Instagram

USEFUL LINKS:

Other posts you may like...
Honeycrisp Margarita
Honeycrisp Margarita

I've created a seasonal cocktail that pairs perfectly with Añejo tequila. This recipe takes a traditional margarita and infuses it with the flavors of fall and winter — crisp apple, rich maple, and tart cranberry — for a drink that feels both festive and refreshing Cheers, y'all!

Read more →
Big Sky Bramble
Big Sky Bramble

I’m your huckleberry 🤠

I just got back from Montana with my friends at @traegergrills. It was strictly a grilling event but given what I do, of course I had to get behind the bar. I knew I wanted to incorporate local Montana ingredients like huckleberry, juniper (grown on site) and honey but also wanted to incorporate smoke from the grill. So I had the idea to make a bramble type cocktail.

For the smokey element, I smoked some local raw honey along with some juniper berries on the Traeger to just get a kiss of smoke. I then constructed the cocktail originally using gin like a traditional bramble, but the juniper botanicals overpowered the recipe so I switched to a reposado tequila and knew it was the perfect fit. They also had some locally made huckleberry liqueur which was the perfect last ingredient to top the cocktail and bring that sweet/sour/fruity element to the cocktail. Finally topped it with that smoked juniper berry branch to give it that botanical pop and tricking your brain into thinking you’re drinking a bramble when you’re actually drinking something closer to a margarita.

Given the ingredients and location, it was just fitting to call this the ‘Big Sky Bramble.’ Cheers y’all.

Big thanks to @i_drewcifer for the R&D help!
🎥: @tobojosh / @grillvaultbbq

Read more →
6 cocktail recipes to kick off pumpkin spice szn
6 cocktail recipes to kick off pumpkin spice szn

6 cocktail recipes to kick off pumpkin spice szn

Read more →

Disclosure: 

Certain links above can be affiliated, meaning at no additional cost to you, I could potentially earn commission for each purchase. 

If a post is sponsored, this means I was compensated to research, develop and photograph a custom recipe on my own. Thanks y'all!

Miguel Buencamino
Previous

The Colpetto
Next

Garibaldi