I first made this drink at home and we enjoyed it so much I decided to  bring the ingredients to the camp site.

One of my cocktail goals is to use up some of the obscure liquors I have purchased over the past year. Elderflower liqueur was one of them. I am happy to report that we successfully finished the bottle but these are so good, I might need to buy another bottle!

​This is a great drink with interesting flavours. 

Cocktail Scale (out of 5*)
James 4.5*
Val 4.5*
Mellissa 4.75*

​Ingredients
1/2 lime, juiced
5 blackberries
1.5 oz vodka
1.5 oz elderflower liqueur
ginger beer
berries for garnish

Muddle lime juice and blackberries in a copper mug. Add vodka, elderflower liqueur and ice. Top with ginger beer. 

It's the start of the camping season and I will continue the cocktail scale tradition. 

This May long weekend I actually made two cocktails. The other cocktail, Blackberry Moscow Mule with Elderflower can be found here.

Cocktail Scale out of 5*
James 3.5*
Val 3.5*
​Mellissa 3.75*

​Ingredients
pint of strawberries
1/2 c tequila
1.5 oz Cointreau (I used dry curacao)
1 lime juiced
1 Tbsp honey
2 - 3 basil springs
ice
salt for the rim (I didn't do this)

Place strawberries, tequila, cointreau, lime juice and honey in the blender. Finely chop basil and muddle in a shaker. Mix the basil with ingredients from the blender and muddle together. Pour in to glass with ice. Salt the rim if you like.