Drink expert and St-Germain national ambassador Earlecia Gibb demonstrates how to take summery flavors and ingredients like rosé and transform them into a Fleur Sauvage, a fragrant new cocktail for fall. She also shares some tips for amateur mixologists on how to best use elderflower liqueur St-Germain at home.

How to Make the Perfect Fall Cocktail with St-Germain Liqueur

So if you're getting a little tired of frozen margaritas or spiked seltzer's, get ready to shake up a brand new cocktail for the fall. That's because Saint Germain national Ambassador or at least to give is here to help us make one or Alicia. Happy friday, Good morning. So obviously it feels like fall just like came last night, like, like put these photos away and everybody's bringing the jackets out. So how do you sort of take those summery flavors that we have from rose or lime and freshen them up for the fall So easy. So what you really want to do is all about flavor pairing, right? So you can have, you can have um ingredients that work with different seasonal ingredients. So as you know, we love to eat things that are seasonal. So think about your core spirit. So something like Saint Germain which has notes of honeysuckle stone fruit, citrusy that could go with fall flavors. So like your pears, your apples and your pumpkins, we're starting to see, we're gonna do a really fun cocktail, that's gonna show how you can really extend your flavor pairings that way. And by the way, what makes ST germain perfect for the change of season. I know you mentioned some of the flavor notes that we got there, but what really makes it good for the fall. Yes, 100%. So the fact that we use fresh elderflower blossoms is really what makes ST germain so incredible and versatile in different cocktails. So because ST germain is so versatile, really hitting those different flavor profiles that I talk to you about, you can pair this with any spirits. So, tequila, rum scotch, whiskey, all the good stuff. All right, well let's start this cocktail. Yes, morning cocktail. Let's do it. So, I'm making a fleur sauvage, basically a take on a french 75 with a tropical note, but we're gonna bring some of those fall flavors in with ST germain, definitely french 75. What I love to do is um used flavored gin or vodka. So I'm using actually a row raspberry and blackberry Bombay, bramble gin. I'm doing one ounce of that. And so when I think of those dark berries, I actually think of fall. So that's kind of bringing in some of the fall flavors. Then I'm doing three quarters of an ounce of Saint Germain. So that's gonna be that beautiful floral essence. Um that's really gonna bring out those stone fruits and those um, you know, honeysuckle flavors that are gonna complement this cocktail. Super well then I'm going to do litchi juice leeches are so delicious. Really sweet to absolutely delicious. Um they just add also a little bit of a savory note to the cocktail, which I really, really love. And then just a splash of lime juice, that fresh citrusy, just really kind of brings harmony to the cocktail is almost like adding a little bit of salt and by the way for our viewers at home, there's the recipe right there for you at home, very easy to make only a few sort of ingredients right there. And obviously the important part, fresh lime juice. That is such a key thing because it changes everything on that. And also shaking it for a very long period of time. I've learned that doing it at least for like 15 seconds or longer is very important. Exactly you've been taught, Well, yes, I taught myself, I taught myself during the pandemic. I needed a contest so I had to become a bartender. I know, but you know, honestly, the thing is to make sure that you have premium ingredients and you really can make some beautiful co cocktails at that looks so good. Early Show cannot wait for you. Okay, so let's get this, let's try a little sip of this and what are you sort of adding on the top? So I'm doing a top of sparkling rose. So remember like we were drinking our beautiful roses during the summer, actually bring this into the fall as well. Look how beautiful this looks right over here guys, look how cute that looks. I love this, cheers to that. Absolutely, Let's take a little sip and see what we think here early. Sha oh, that is so good. It's very refreshing. I love that. And by the way, you would think that this would be a summer drink. But no, you could totally have this by a nice cozy fall fireplace. Absolutely nothing about fall, right? It's like we're kind of like letting go of the summer memories, but like starting to ease into that winter moment. Right? So fall, you're still having some of those beautiful summer flavors. But we're starting to introduce some of the wonderful, like fall stone fruits and pears and dark berries like in this cocktail. This is absolutely Oh, absolutely. Alicia. Thank you so much. Alicia Gib cocktail maker extraordinaire and national ambassador for SAN Germain, of course, making our very own floor savage at home. And thank you so much for helping us with all of this.