The team behind White Lyan played with in-house fermentation, developing a number of mock “wines” that they then integrated into cocktails. Here, they build a base of dried Persian lime, lime cordial, white wine and two spirits, and then re-ferment these items to make grape-less sparkling “wine.”
Iranian Lime Rickey “Fizz”
Team Lyan | London, UK

Ingredients
Yield: 5 gallons
- 2 cups London dry gin, preferably Colombo
- 2 cups single malt Scotch, preferably Jura
- 2 1/2 cups Iranian lime cordial (see Editor's Note)
- 5 cups water
- 7 cups dry white wine
- 1/2 teaspoon sparkling wine yeast