The Alvarez Spring Cocktail

Here's a cocktail I made in honor of spring and also my friend Miss Alvarez.

3/4 ounce Gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce strawberry syrup
3/4 ounce elderflower liqueur (use St. Germain... Thatchers sucks.)
6 drops absinthe (1/8 tsp)
2 dashes Lavender Bitters

This drink actually started out as a punch. Punch ratios would be more like...

750ml Gin
750ml lemon juice
750ml strawberry syrup
750ml st. germain
3 ounces absinthe
1 ounce lavender bitters.
1500ml (2 bottles) dry champagne (because what's a punch without champagne?)
Garnish with fruit in season (I'd say strawberry's and lemon slices)


To make strawberry syrup, see the post about fruit syrups.