Name: The Astor
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Gin; 30 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 7.5 ml White crème de menthe; 15 ml Lime juice

John CARR Premium Member 21w

Classy and sophisticated. Ran short on the sloe gin, topped up with lingonberry liqueur and a dash of Luxardo; look forward to retrying when restocked. Giffard mente pastille. Delicious and could happily increase serve by 50% for me. If you like the vintage flavour bombs (Last Word, Aviation, Corpse reviver no.2 etc) you should like this.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

For those a bit leary of creme de menthe, as we are, Acqua Bianca works a treat.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

One might even want to go as far as 15ml with the Acqua Bianca. Cheers.

Sally Morgan Premium Member 2y

Absolutely fine with green crème de menthe if that’s what you have

David Hoyle 2y

I think the comparison with lemonade and toothpaste below is unfair! I made this with Plymouth Gin, Volare White Crème de Menthe and my niece's homemade Sloe Gin which, after a good 4+ year sitting has acquired a very slightly viscous consistency and depth of flavour. The mint liqueur adds a satisfying background 'sting' and coolness. Important not to use too much of it!

Henry Duke 3y

Isn't this basically the same recipe as "Astor Punch" on page 106 of Jacques Straub's 1913 Manual of Mixed Drinks?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Thanks, Henry. It is indeed. I've added Staub's recipe above.

George Ireland 4y

I made this last night with Tempus Fugit creme de menthe and the some very nice home made sloe gin. Delicious.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 4y

Wow! No... Again, I'm probably using bad brands (De Kuyper creme de menthe, Gordon's, Hayman's Sloe Gin), but this tasted like Sprite and toothpaste (more the latter)... Clearly, I need to regroup and get quality products. Yuck. (5 Feb 2022, 5:10p)

Lilly Marson 3y

I used giffards creme de menthe, homemade sloe gin and Bombay sapphire.

I haven’t had a good time with de kuyper at all. The only one that I liked was their blue curaçao. But that’s just because it’s supposed to be artificial and the flavour is just orange.

I used Gordon’s as the base for the homemade sloe gin, but for a drinking gin, you wanna bump up the quality. If you don’t like it in a gin and tonic, you won’t like it in a cocktail.

1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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