Drink Of The Year

This La Dee Da cocktail from The Rover in Sydney sings with grower-sourced citrus

This recipe from Kendal Kim with Alex Gondzioulis is on the Boothby Top 50 Drinks of the Year 2023.

Boothby Staff

Oct 30, 2023 — 1 min read

This drink is one of the Boothby Top 50 Drinks of the Year 2023 — you can see the full Top 50 here.

La Dee Da cocktail recipe

Ingredients

5ml Vanilla Syrup
5ml Barsol Pisco
10ml RHUBI Mistelle
10ml Applewood Økar Tropic
35ml Tanqueray Gin
115ml Poormans Orange & Chamomile Cream Soda

Notes

Alex Gondzioulis, the bar manager for the Liquid & Larder group under whose umbrella The Rover sits, says:

“Creaming Soda for adults, with a cool carbonated grape for garnish. Made with weird citrus sourced direct from a small orchard in the Wollemi Valley.”

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