If you haven’t seen St. Germain on this season’s cocktail menus, you’re not looking hard enough. This liquor with it’s delicate white elderflower flavor is a growing trend. The elderflower blossoms grow on trees at the foothills of the Alps. As pretty as they are to look at, they are actually edible—or at least, drinkable, when made into liqueur. To that end, locals handpick the blossoms, which are distilled in small batches into a 100% elderflower blossom, 40-proof liqueur made by French artisan company St. Germain. Take off the cap and the loveliest of lychee aromas hits you immediately. There’s a bit of peach, some orange that evolves to grapefruit, and maybe some pear and defiantly lychee. The lovely fruity-floral aroma and flavor of lychee have long been seductive to wine lovers, as any person passionate about Gewürtztraminer* will attest. Now, all of the intense fruit flavors we seek in a glass of Gewürtz are concentrated big-time in St. Germain.  People drinking St. Germain are happy drinkers! Go see it

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