So, I’m starting to believe alcohol is a lot like bacon. Add it anything, and it makes it better!
My research on liqueurs bears this out. Add alcohol to just about anything that’s edible (and not poisonous!) and you just might happen upon something unique and delicious.
This has to be the thinking behind creating St. Germain, a liqueur made out of Elder Flowers. I mean, they smell nice, but would you want to drink it? Well, as it turns out, it’s a very popular flavor in cocktails! Molly Wellmann calls it “Bartender’s Ketchup” because it will make almost any cocktail better by adding it.
From the website – “St‑Germain is a French liqueur made with fresh elderflowers, hand-picked once a year in the late spring. To accomplish its exquisitely natural flavor, every bottle of St‑Germain contains up to 1,000 of the very best elderflower blossoms, resulting in a finely crafted, perfectly balanced and refined liqueur.”