Name: Mad Monk Monkey
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 10 ml Chartreuse Green; 10 ml Banana liqueur; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur; 10 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Amaro; 5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Chilled water

Mad Monk Monkey
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Amaro Montenegro
¹⁄₆ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lime zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Originally created using Monkey 47 Gin, hence the name. Gin leads this herbal sour with a mad list of ingredients, including a monastic liqueur, which also influences the name.

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History:

Created in March 2022 by yours truly. Originally based on Monkey 47 Gin.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mad Monk Monkey contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.19% alc./vol. (20.19° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Scott Key

8th February at 00:27

Delicious and reminiscent of a Last Word. Despite a long list of ingredients, this is a well balanced affair. Me likey.

Caspian Berggren

10th December 2024 at 23:38

Okay, I'll admit my mistakes right away - I made this with Hayman's rather than 47. I didn't read the instructions carefully so that's on me. *Still*, however, this is a wonderful cocktail where the herbs from the chartreuse plays with the banana liqueur and the maraschino in a lovely way. It's on the sweet side of a sour, sure, but personally I think sours can be a tad too sour so this is perfectly balanced to me. Next time I'll make it with 47.

JACQUELINE KIRK

12th August 2022 at 15:44

10 stars for this one! About as sweet as I get for cocktails, enjoyed the unusual pairings of liqueurs.

Glen Urquhart

18th May 2022 at 07:16

Taste is subjective and my palate is not always in sync with others cocktail ratings…
but omg I did love this one.
Boozy balanced and complex - great job on this one Simon

Simon Difford

18th May 2022 at 08:32

Thanks, Glen.

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