Bastille Day Cocktails

by Corinne Mossati July 12, 2017

Bastille Day Cocktails

Here are three Bastille Day Cocktails to celebrate la fête nationale with a brief explanation of the main ingredient.

1. Pineau des Charentes Cocktail: Le Pompadour

Pineau des Charentes Cocktail

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Le Pompadour is based on a recipe from Frank Meier’s 1936 edition of The Artistry of Mixing Drinks. The cocktail uses Pineau des Charentes as a base, a mistelle produced from fresh, unfermented grape juice or lightly fermented grape must with Cognac eau-de-vie. Pineau des Charentes Blanc is mixed with rhum agricole for a fresh and vegetal note, lemon juice, shaken and served with a lemon twist. Get the Pineau des Chartentes cocktail recipe here.

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Cocktails & Bars, The Gourmantic Garden and Gourmantic. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read more or visit her website.

Bastille Day Cocktails

Bastille Day Cocktails

1. Pineau des Charentes Cocktail: Le Pompadour

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Pineau des Charentes Cocktail: Le Pompadour