{"id":7318,"date":"2012-08-18T16:27:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialandcocktail.co.uk\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2014-07-28T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T18:30:13","slug":"anyone-champers-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialandcocktail.co.uk\/anyone-champers-cocktails\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyone for Champers..Cocktails?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"French<\/a>There are few things in life that mark a special occasion quite like a tray of Champagne Cocktails.<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing adds a touch elegance to an event quite like a well-made Bellini<\/a><\/strong> cocktail, a lively Bucks Fizz<\/a> <\/strong>or a sophisticated French 75<\/strong><\/a>. Now, when I say \u201cspecial occasion\u201d I believe one can be quite liberal with this term (I, for way of illustration, refer to Friday as a \u201cspecial occasion!). There exists a fantastic array of Champagne Cocktails<\/strong>\u00a0and this seems to be growing on a weekly basis. Champagne, once the exclusive mainstay of the rich and famous, has become increasingly accessible to people in recent years, both in terms of price and variety. Indeed, the UK, against the backdrop of a deep recession, has witnessed double digit percentage growth in Champagne sales over the last 5 years.<\/p>\n

In the UK today, many of the top selling Champagnes are still the big brands we have come to know, including; Moet & Chandon<\/a><\/strong>, Lanson<\/a><\/strong> and Veuve Clicquot<\/a><\/strong>, but you \u00a0will now find that competing with these brands are Champagnes exclusive to certain supermarkets,such as Etienne Dumont<\/strong> and Andre Carpentier<\/strong>. Such bespoke brands have come to be universally respected \u00a0and represent an excellent quality to value ratio for consumers, which in turn has helped fuel the popularity of Champagne Cocktails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To help encourage you to experiment with a few of the less “well-known” Champagne Cocktails, we have put our heads together and come up with Five<\/strong> that we urge you to try.<\/p>\n

French 75<\/a><\/h2>\n

A delicious citrus-flavoured Champagne cocktail which packs a nice gin kick. Try to use a premium quality gin for the ultimate Champagne medley.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

37 1\/2 ml Gin, splash Champagne, 10 ml Sugar Syrup, 15 ml Lemon Juice<\/p>\n