Get into the Glastonbury spirit and bring some of it into your home with our summery Dalston’s Elderflower and Sapling Vodka recipes. Want something quick and easy? Or fancy yourself as a pro mixologist, we’ve got a recipe for everyone. 

Not only is Sapling’s vodka the utmost smoothness and purity, but for every bottle they produce they plant a tree. From fruit trees in London to Hazelnut trees in Suffolk. “Our projects are all to the benefit of the communities local to the planting”

ELDERFLOWER & CUCUMBER FIZZ (SUPER EASY)

INGREDIENTS

• Elderflower & Cucumber Fizz (Super Easy)
• 50ml Sapling
• 125ml Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower
• 10ml lime juice
• Dash of bitters
• Cucumber ribbons

METHOD

• Fill a tall glass with ice
• Spiral cucumber ribbons inside
• Pour over Sapling and lime juice
• Top with Dalston’s 
• Dash of bitters

ENGLISH GARDEN (EASY)

INGREDIENTS 

• 50ml Sapling
• 30ml Apple juice
• 10ml Lime juice
• Top with 100ml Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower
• Garnish: cucumber ribbons

METHOD

• Fill a tall glass with ice
• Pour over Sapling, Apple and lime juice and stir
• Top with Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower
• Garnish with cucumber ribbons

ELDERFLOWER & CUCUMBER SMASH (MEDIUM)

INGREDIENTS

• 50ml Sapling
• 2 lime wedges
• 2 mint sprigs
• 1 inch cucumber
• 2 dashes bitters
• Top with 75ml Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower

METHOD

• Muddle lime, mint and cucumber
• Add Sapling and shake over ice
• Pour into tall glass filled with ice
• Top with Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower
• Dash of bitters
• Garnish with Mint Sprig and Cucumber slices

Elderflower & Cucumber Cooler (Medium-Hard)

ELDERFLOWER & CUCUMBER COOLER (MEDIUM-HARD)

INGREDIENTS

• 50ml Sapling
• 20ml Rosemary Syrup
• 4 cucumber slices
• 4 basil leaves
• 4 lime wedges
• Top with 75ml Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower
• Garnish with cucumber and basil

METHOD

• For the rosemary syrup heat 200ml water and 200g sugar with 2
• rosemary sprigs until the sugar completely dissolves. Allow to
• cool (will store for up to 4 weeks)
• Muddle cucumber, lime and basil in bottom of a tall glass
• Add ice and pour over Sapling, and rosemary syrup
• Stir
• Top with Dalston’s Fizzy Elderflower
• Garnish with cucumber slice and basil leaves