Bartender Kaiko Tulloch riffs on the Champagne cocktail with a more floral and herbal version at Lucky Liquor Co. in Edinburgh. The name for the dangerously delicious drink comes from a customer who claimed she would lose her shoes if she had a couple more.
Featured in: Make These Bubbly Cocktails for New Year’s and Beyond
Lose Your Shoes
A bittersweet Champagne cocktail from Lucky Liquor Co. in Edinburgh.
Yield: makes 1 cocktail
Time:
5 minutes
For the hibiscus vodka:
- 1⁄2 oz. hibiscus tea
- 1 bottle vodka
For the cocktail:
- 1⁄2 oz. hibiscus vodka
- 1⁄2 oz. rose liqueur
- 1⁄4 oz. yellow Chartreuse
- 1 sugar cube
- Champagne, preferably Cremante de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs
- Grapefruit peel, to garnish
Instructions
- Make the hibiscus vodka: Pour the vodka into a large bowl, then stir in the tea and let steep for 2 hours. Pour the vodka through a fine strainer back into the bottle and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Make the cocktail: In a chilled champagne flute, stir the hibiscus vodka with the rose liqueur, chartreuse, and sugar cube. Top with Champagne and twist grapefruit peel over the top before serving.