Name: Fleet’s Galah cocktail
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 30 ml Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin; 15 ml lemon juice; 15 ml sugar syrup; 2 dashes orange bitters; Brut sparkling wine or Champagne, to top up; Twist of lemon, to serve

“This cocktail, called Galah, is inspired by the tradition of serving sparkling shiraz on Christmas day,” says Robert Mudge.

Ingredients

30 ml Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin

15 ml lemon juice

15 ml sugar syrup

2 dashes orange bitters

Brut sparkling wine or Champagne, to top up

Twist of lemon, to serve

Method

1.Shake ingredients in a Boston shaker filled three-quarters full with ice and strain into a chilled Champagne glass. Top with dry sparkling wine or Champagne. Garnish with a large lemon twist, making sure to express some of the lemon oils over the cocktail.

Profile Robert Mudge

Styling by Lisa Featherby