Carbonated Cocktail Recipes

Here is a list of cocktail recipes that we think benefit especially from carbonation. This page is a work in progress; if you have any recipes that you particularly love with Perlini or FIZZIQ, let us know and we will publish it here with attribution! If you have a recipe, contact us here.

Seelbach Perlini

This is a fabulous adaptation of a classic from Jamie Boudreau, owner of the award-winning Canon in Seattle. This cocktail traditionally has a float of sparkling wine added after shaking, but because the Perlini shaker is a pressure vessel, you can shake carbonated ingredients with the others, so that everything becomes carbonated. You don't even have to use sparkling wine in this--you could use any dry white wine, and it will become carbonated!

• Mix all ingredients in Perlini, including Champagne, and add ice;
• Pressurize, shake, let rest 15 seconds;
• Open cap slowly and decant into chilled Martini glass;
• Garnish with orange twist.

Corpse Reviver #CO2

This is a adaptation of the classic Corpse Reviver #2 from Jim Romdall of Vessel in Seattle, circa 2008. This is one of our favorite carbonated cocktails, with the extra acidity from the carbonation balancing the sweetness of the triple sec and stimulating the tongue to emphasize the Absinthe rinse.

• Mix all ingredients in Perlini; add ice;
• Pressurize, shake, let rest 15 seconds;
• Open cap slowly and decant into Absinthe-rinsed glass;
• Garnish with brandied cherry.

Crux Perlini

Here’s a personal favorite from the legendary Murray Stenson of the Zig Zag Café in Seattle. This is another classic that is transformed by bubbles into a perfect year-round, any-time-of-day cocktail.

• Mix all ingredients in Perlini, add ice;
• Pressurize, shake, let rest;
• Open cap slowly and decant into chilled Martini glass;
• No garnish required, but some like an orange twist.

Captain Handsome

Here’s an original creation from Jim Romdall of Vessel, Seattle, that cries out for bubbles. Originally, this was made with seltzer to introduce some carbonation; but with Perlini, all the ingredients become carbonated without adding dilution.

• Mix all ingredients in Perlini, add ice;
• Pressurize, shake, let rest;
• Open cap slowly and decant into Absinthe-rinsed glass;
• Garnish with brandied cherry.

Acai Berry Perlini

Açaí contains several substances called anthocyanins and flavonoids, which are powerful antioxidants that help defend the body against life's stressors. But we just think it tastes good.

• Mix all ingredients in Perlini; stir until sugar is dissolved;
• Add ice;
• Pressurize, shake vigorously for 5 seconds, let rest;
• Garnish with lime twist.