Vodka

Naramata Sunset

Our signature serve. Vodka, lavender syrup and soda, poured the deep ruby of a Naramata evening over the lake.

Ingredients

Makes 1 drink

  • 2 oz vodka
  • 1 oz Bench & Bloom lavender syrup
  • Soda water, to top
  • Ice, a lemon wedge and a lavender sprig

Method

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice. Add the vodka and the lavender syrup.
  2. Top with soda water and stir gently. It pours a deep ruby.
  3. Squeeze the lemon wedge over the top. It lifts the lavender and keeps the colour clear.
  4. Garnish with a lavender sprig.

This is the drink Bench & Bloom was made for, and it is named for the colour it arrives in. The bench at the end of a summer day goes the same deep red over the water, about twenty minutes before the light goes altogether.

The lemon here is for brightness, not for theatre. Our syrup is already acidic, which is what holds the butterfly pea at that deep ruby, so the citrus lifts the lavender and sharpens the glass without shifting the colour. If you want to watch the colour move, that happens in milk rather than soda: see the Lavender Milk.

Vodka keeps it clean and lets the lavender do the talking, but a botanical gin works beautifully too. Start from a bottle of Bench & Bloom, or a batch of lavender simple syrup.

Skip the steeping. Ours is already dialled in.

First batch coming soon