Avalon recipe

Ingredients

3 parts Finlandia vodka
1 part Pisang Ambon liqueur
6 parts apple juice
1 1/2 parts lemon juice
lemonade


Fill a tall glass with ice.

Layer the Finlandia Vodka, lemon and apple juices, Pisang Ambon, and top up with lemonade. Stir slightly and garnish with a spiralled cucumber skin and a red cherry. The cucumber provides zest and looks attractive.

This drink, created by Timo Haimi, took first prize in the 1991 Finlandia Vodka Long Drink Competition.

liqueur

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Blue Balalaika recipe

Ingredients

2/3 oz vodka
2/3 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
2/3 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
2/3 oz fresh lemon juice


Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with a lemon twist, and serve.