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Suggested Serves
Neat
GLASS: port
ICE: none
The Aelder Royale
GLASS: champagne flute
MIXER: sparkling wine/ champagne
ICE: none
GARNISH: none
METHOD: Pour your champagne/ sparkling wine and add 15ml of Aelder or more to taste
The Aelder Negroni
GLASS: whisky tumbler
ICE: cubed
INGREDIENTS: 50ml Aelder, 50ml gin, 30ml vermouth
GARNISH: orange twist and rosemary sprig
METHOD Place all the ingredients in the glass with ice and stir to chill. Garnish with orange twist and rosmary and serve
"Intense dark bramble fruits of damsons and elderberries with sweet spice give this a very attractive character."
— IWSC Judging panel 2021
Elevate your cheeseboard
It's the depth and richness of flavour that makes Aelder pair so beatifully with cheese. But don't just take our word for it, here's what a cheese expert had to say,
"Aelder wild spiced elderberry liqueur's wonderful complexity and elegant sweetness match beautifully with salty natured and flavour-rich cheeses, like artisan blue cheeses." - Sveltana, The Cheeselady
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