elderflower rigging.

St. Germain Elderflower Liquer has been a huge hit in the cocktail world over the last year - it's appeared in some (extremely delicious) form or another on a bevy of the nation's best cocktail bars, and I think that's owed to its pristine, clean, crisp, subtle sweetness and compatibility with a number of spirits.
Back in October, when I went with Proof/Michael Paley to the James Beard House, I was able to pick up a bottle at Crush Wine Co. and smuggle it back to the Bluegrass. We threw it on our cocktail list as a special, and it went fast.
Since then, I've had an elderflower jones.
Luckily, my friend and Proof sous chef Seadon Shouse likes to go to IKEA (in Cinci) with his fiance, and they make the trip probably once a month. Last time he went, he brought me back a bottle of Fladersaft, IKEA's Elderflower Concentrate. We used it for a week in a Prosecco & Elderflower Cocktail (prosecco, elderflower, grapefruit), and it was a hit. But alas, we ran out again, quickly.
The picture above is what happens when you beg Seadon and another friend that lives near the IKEA in Cinci to fill your coffers with elderflower concentrate.
On the far left is another Seadon discovery - Lingonberry Concentrate, which we will be using on New Year's Day brunch in my 'Lingonberry Fizz.'