So Fresh So Clean
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August 3, 2025
Bright, vegetal, and savoury with a streak of salinity, So Fresh, So Clean is the ultimate summer highball. Featuring Dillon’s vodka, muddled cherry tomatoes, fennel bitters, soda water, and a house made salted lemon cordial, it’s a five-senses flavour ride. With acidity, umami, and a lingering spice, it balances culinary complexity with cocktail simplicity. Best served alongside cheese and olives, this drink is made for people who appreciate nuance and a little salt.
Recipe: Emma Osmond (Kitchener, Ontario)
Photo: Reece Sims
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The inspiration behind this cocktail, as explained by bartender Emma Osmond, “This is inspired by my love for summer tomato’s, and all things salty & sweet. Dillon’s vodka has a great viscosity for this serve, and enough peppery spice for a warm lingering finish. Flavours of salty, sweet, sour, umami, and bitter show the versatility of this vodka. Even better with an aged cheese snack and some olives.“
So Fresh So Clean
Difficulty: ModerateFlavor Camps: Sour, Herbal, Sparkling, Savory
Ingredients
2.0 oz Dillon’s Vodka
1.0 oz Salted Lemon Cordial ✧
2 dash Dillon’s Fennel Bitters
2 Cherry Tomatoes
2-3 oz Soda Water
Garnish: Cherry Tomato
Directions
- Muddle 2 cherry tomato’s in a high ball glass, add 1 oz salted lemon cordial, 2 oz Dillon’s vodka, 2 dash Dillon’s fennel bitters into highball glass.
- Fill glass with ice, and top with soda water.
- Use bar spoon to gently stir to combine ingredients.
- Serve with a straw.
- Garnish with cherry tomato.
Notes
- ✧ Add 150 ml lemon juice, 1 cup sugar, and 1 tablespoon maldon salt in non reactive container, add 250ml hot water and stir to dissolve. Add 3 big chunks of lemon zest and 1 bay leaf into the syrup as it cools. Remove once ready to use.
