Russian Spring Punch

Ingredients

Served

Glass
Collins glass
Ice
Crushed ice
Garnish
BerriesLemon wheel
Technique
ShakeBuild

Method

Shake the vodka, lemon juice, syrup and blackcurrant liqueur with ice. Strain into a tall glass packed with crushed ice, top with sparkling wine and garnish with berries and a lemon wheel.

About this drink

A London drink of the 1980s, generally credited to the bartender Dick Bradsell. It stacks a vodka sour, blackcurrant and sparkling wine, sitting somewhere between a cocktail and a punch, and became one of the most widely copied drinks of the British bar revival.