A Very Rayna Christmas
2 oz @bols_genever
.75 oz lemon juice
.25 grapefruit juice
.75 oz Cranberry Rosemary syrup
.5 oz @calpico.usa Calpis
1 dash @angosturahouse bitters
1 dash cranberry bitters
shake all. strain into a coupe. garnish with slapped Rosemary sprig
Named this one after my gf because she loved it. Thought the Rosemary went really nicely with the genver and the citrus.
Calpis/Calpico is a Japanese soft drink that is sorta like watered down yogurt/milk and also comes in powdered and carbonated varieties. Sounds super weird and it is, but it's a really interesting ingredient to mess around with and I think it worked great here with the citrus and cranberry tartness.
Image and recipe courtesy of @thenickromancer.
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