The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2025 - Issue 37

bitedrinks Images courtesy of Bacardí Limited F rench liqueur St-Germain is made with fresh elder- flowers, handpicked in full bloom every spring. Up to a thousand carefully selected flowers fill every bottle to create a finely crafted and perfectly balanced liqueur. Founded by third-generation distiller Robert J Cooper, he launched the world’s first elderflower liqueur in 2007, naming it after Saint- Germain-des-Prés, Paris’ iconic district known for centuries as an epicentre for free-thinking and artistic expression. Cooper partnered with cutting-edge mixologists to craft a liqueur that bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts could mix. The liqueur is made in France using the French savoir-faire of its master li- queurist and master of botanicals, a duo with decades of expe- rience in liqueur making. It inspires cocktail hours everywhere, from teaching ‘old fashioned’ new tricks, bringing a fresher take to a margarita, to sipping the brand’s classic St-Germain Spritz. The elderflowers used to make St-Germain bursting with a fresh, natural sweetness and hints of honeysuckle and pear bloom typ- ically in late May. They are harvested by hand during the fleeting three to four weeks when their flavour and aroma peak. Once the flowers are picked, usually early in the morning, when the tem- perature is cooler, it is a race against time to capture its natural freshness. Only the highest quality blossoms find their way into a bottle of St-Germain. This summer, St-Germain® Elderflower Liqueur rekindled its partnership with actress and global style icon Sophie Turner to celebrate the return of the St-Germain Hugo Spritz as the ulti- mate cocktail of the season. Last year, she initially starred in the brand’s short film for its Spritz Up Your Summer campaign. In the clip, Sophie asks the bartender for something different, fresh,