Lemony

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Pallini Limoncello liqueur
1⁄6 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Lemon subtly dominates this complex, herbal drink.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Lemony contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 23.61% alc./vol. (23.61° proof)
  • 21.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Laurie Cavanaugh’s Avatar Laurie Cavanaugh
9th July at 02:42
I liked this drink as written, although I didn’t have the exact brands of gin and limoncello called for. In Mr. Boston book, a similar drink is listed as “The Lemony Snicket Cocktail” and calls for 2-1:2 gin and a 1/2 oz each of limoncello, yellow Chartreuse, and fresh lemon juice.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
9th July at 14:12
Thanks, I'll be sure to try, but it's not in the Mr. Boston editions I have, the latest being 1978. What edition and publication date is your Mr Boston?
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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
4th May 2024 at 17:57
Nice cocktail but IMHO it lacks depth. I tried saline solution and then some drops umami bitters, but the result was only slightly better.
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Daryl Smith’s Avatar Daryl Smith
21st July 2022 at 11:09
Nice drink but you need to make sure that you add some of the Maraschino cherry syrup with the cherry otherwise it needs about 15ml of simple syrup.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
23rd July 2022 at 22:59
Agreed. I've just re-visited and rebalanced. Thanks for bringing to my attention.
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