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 (e.g. Montenegro); 5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Amaro Montenegro

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mad Monk Monkey contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.19% alc./vol. (40.39° proof)
19.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

Florian Ruf Premium Member 28w

Thank you Simon for this great cocktail! I used Tanqueray instead of Monkey, although I am based in Germany 🤭, Amaro Nonino and DeKuyper Banana. In this combination Luxardo is too dominant although the cocktail is still excellent. Next time I would up the Banana and the Amaro a little bit.

Mike 50w

Too sweet and busy for me. Wish it had a bit more intrigue with all these nice ingredients.

Scott Key 1y

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

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

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 4y

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

Glen Urquhart 4y

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