BYTE cocktail: Blackberry, Yuzu, Tequila, Elderflower

Another TechnoCocktail to follow DATA. We all know computers work in bits and bytes. Here’s a byte in cocktail form.

• B for Blackberry liqueur
• Y for Yuzu juice
• T for Tequila
• E for Elderflower liqueur and sparkling elderflower

We’re following a standard Margarita template (an instance of the Sidecar template in the excellent Cocktail Codex). A Sour (like the famous Whisky Sour) would be a simpler mixture of spirit, citrus and sweetener; a Sidecar (like a Margarita) contains flavourful liqueurs, that bring both sweetness and seasoning. In this recipe, we have yuzu juice standing in for lime juice, providing a deliciously aromatic sour note. The blackberry and elderflower liqueurs add complexity and sweetness, and replace the triple sec orange liqueur in a Margarita. The final top up of sparkling elderflower is optional, but gives it a gentle fizz and lightens it slightly.

Overall the mixture of blackberry and elderflower gives this a very English fruitiness, sitting on top of the Margarita backbone.