Name: Elderflower Collins
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1/3 cup Tapioca Pearls; 12 ounce Chilled Hop Water; 1 1/4 ounce Elderflower Syrup; 1 ounce Evaporated Milk

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Tapioca Pearls

Chilled Hop Water

Elderflower Syrup

Evaporated Milk

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Make Elderflower Collins, a cocktail associated with John deBary, using Cocktail Gallery's visual recipe guide.

Elderflower Collins

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