Bijou Redou Cocktail Kit Clear Creek Apple Vodka made from grape pomace

made from grape pomace

Each glass promises to kick up the energy and calm down the mind

cherries and cranberries mingling with anise

probably need no introduction to avid whiskey drinkers at this point

complimented by an ocean-breeze salinity

Bijou Redou Cocktail Kit Clear Creek Apple Vodka made from grape pomaceThe Bijou is a troubled cocktail, so promising with its ingredients Gin (Yay!), Sweet Vermouth (Classic, who can deny it?), and Green Chartreuse (Oh La La Magnifique!), yet so unfortunately muddled when mixed. It reads like a less bitter, more herbal Negroni on paper, but never quite comes off that way in the glass. The original form, all equal parts, is clearly too cloyingly sweet, but even when adjusting ratios to suit modern palates, we could never