The Pithy Bar

Air Mail

c. 1930

Ingredients

Method
Shake
Garnish
Lime wedge

Instructions

  1. Add everything except the sparkling wine to a shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake hard until well chilled.
  3. Fine-strain into a chilled highball glass with ice.
  4. Top with cold champagne poured along the side of the glass to let it mingle with the shaken base.
  5. Garnish with a lime wedge (or a stamp in a clothes pin.)

About 18 cl at 10%, equivalent to 4.7 cl of 40% spirit

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