Name: Red Thorn
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 fresh Raspberries; 45 ml Irish whiskey; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 12.5 ml Raspberry syrup; 5 ml Lemon juice; 1.25 ml Chartreuse Green; 1 dash Absinthe

Red Thorn
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
5 fresh	Raspberries
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Irish whiskey
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
0.42 oz	Raspberry (framboise) sugar syrup
¹⁄₆ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂₄ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist (discarded) & skewered raspberry.
MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients.
SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A raspberry charged variation on the Blackthorn with faint Chartreuse herbal notes.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by bartender Takumi Watanabe. Takumi's original recipe doesn't use fresh raspberries, instead, he uses 15ml homemade raspberry syrup (made with 200ml fresh raspberry juice and 150ml sugar).

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Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19% alc./vol. (19° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Bill Lennox

3rd January at 20:43

I made the Takumi Watanabe version with fresh raspberry syrup. It is superb: light and fruity, but with lots of complexity. The whiskey and vermouth integrate well with the fruit juices to give a really interesting fresh drink.

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