Sparkling Sugar Plum Martini Recipe (2024)

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What do you drink with sugar plum gin? ›

Serve classically with tonic or lemonade, as part of a co*cktail, simply over ice, or mix with sparkling wine.

Rim a coup glass with a grapefruit wedge and dip into sugar. Fill a co*cktail shaker with ice and add gin, grapefruit juice, and Sparkling Ice Sugar Plum. Strain into a coup glass. Stir and garnish with sugared plum.

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Invented by Bond in Ian Flemming's Casino Royale (1953). It's precisely made from “three measures of Gordon's [gin], one [part] of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake[en] very well until it's ice-cold” and then garnished by adding a large slice of lemon-peel, as told by Bond himself.

Drink neat over ice, mix with your favourite tonic, we like Fever-Tree elderflower, add to a glass of prosecco, mix it up with ginger ale, or even serve warm!

Warm vanilla notes and lingering fruit notes in the finish. Delicious served over ice, topped up with sparkling wine or mixed with soda. It also makes a beautiful addition to a classic sour, the rich sweetness complemented perfectly by zesty lemon.

A sugar plum originated as a piece of dragée or hard candy made of hardened sugar in a small round or oval shape. "Plum" in the name of this confection does not always mean plum in the sense of the fruit of the same name, but commonly refers to small size and spherical or oval shape.

The Sugar Plum Fairy is a major character in the Disney movie; she's the villain trying to take over the Four Realms. There is no Sugar Plum Fairy in the original story. In the Disney version, Clara's mother, Marie, was the Queen of the Four Realms, making Clara the princess.

Shaking is also said to dissolve the vermouth better, making it less oily tasting. Properly called a Bradford, a shaken martini also appears cloudier than when stirred. This is caused by the small fragments of ice present in a shaken martini. This also brings into question the movie versions, which are never cloudy.

Are martinis made with gin or vodka? ›

The martini is a co*cktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages. A variation, the vodka martini, uses vodka instead of gin for the co*cktail's base spirit.

The Most Popular Martini Flavor in the U.S.

Pineapple martinis are sweet, delicious, and straightforward, making them a popular choice among patrons all over the nation. All you need to make one of these martinis for yourself is pineapple juice, vodka, and fresh-squeezed lime juice.

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“Up” means that the drink has been strained into a co*cktail glass without ice. Martinis are almost always served up, so you generally don't need to specify this in your order. Wet. A Wet Martini is heavier on the dry vermouth, meaning your bartender may bump the vermouth up by half an ounce or more.

Perfect Serve: Classically with tonic or lemonade, as part of a co*cktail, simply over ice, or mix with sparkling wine.

Mixers for flavoured gins:

For berry-flavoured gins, like sloe gin, strawberry gin or raspberry gin, we recommend the zest of lemonade or ginger beer to juxtapose the sweet berry flavours.

HOW IT'S MADE – Gordon's Sugar Plum Gin Liqueur is made by Gordon's award-winning London Dry Gin being distilled with rich plums and plenty of festive botanicals. TASTING NOTES – Gordon's Sugar Plum Gin Liqueurs tasting notes give hints of berries, brown sugar and a clean, tart finish.