A light, bright tropical spritz beautifully highlighting the tropical, citrus, and floral elements of the Republic Summer Gin. This spritz is cirtusy and fresh, the perfect way to kick off an afternoon.

Ingredients

• 30ml Republic of Fremantle Summer Gin
• 10ml Lillet Blanc
• 5ml Aperol
• 30ml High quality green tea
• 20ml Citrus cordial
• Pinch of salt
• 110ml soda water
• Fresh mandarin to garnish

Method

1. Add all ingredients, except soda water, to a wine glass.
2. Stir ingredients together and add soda.
3. Gently add good quality ice, garnish, and serve.

Do you have a soda stream at home? You can add all these ingredients to a soda stream and switch the soda water for just water.

HOW TO MAKE CITRUS CORDIAL

Ingredients: 500g of your choice of citrus (grapefruit, lime, lemon or orange), 250g caster sugar and citric acid 

Method

1. Using a citrus peeler, peel your citrus, keeping the peeled fruit to one side
2. Add caster sugar and the citrus peels to a container, then shake for 10 seconds. Leave at room temperature for 4 – 24 hours, the sugar will leech the oils from the peels and begin to appear wet. 
3. Once the peels have been left for an adequate time, juice the fruit using a citrus press, then pass the juice through a strainer into a container.
4. Add peels and sugar into the container, then stir to dissolve the sugar into the juice. If you have trouble dissolving the sugar in the juice, add a small amount of water.
5. Once sugar is dissolved, pass through a strainer. Add ¼ of teaspoon at a time of citric acid, mixing well, until desired acidity is reached, continuing to taste after each teaspoon. 

 If cordial is too thick add a small amount of water to thin it out. You can store your citrus cordial in the fridge.