Minty Mellow Yellow

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
2 fresh Mint leaves
1 oz Monkey 47 Experimentum Series 2y06 Gin
1⁄4 oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1⁄3 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of float small mint leaf or peg to rim.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  4. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  5. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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

Inspired and created for Monkey 47 Experimentum 2y06. Honey and mint notes in the gin are amplified in this bijou sour with monastic herbal liqueur complexity.

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History:

Created in March 2022 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, England.

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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
15th May at 15:04
I tried to rebuild this cocktail, sorrily without the special Monkey gin. A mint and lemon zest decoration and the use of pure honey made a really good and not to sweet cocktail.
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Carol Chessis’ Avatar Carol Chessis
1st February 2023 at 10:27
Can I sub yellow chartreuse for Strega?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
2nd February 2023 at 11:36
Just tried and quite different and also a tad sweeter with Strega - I'd cut the sugar back a tad. Also quite different when made with regular Monkey 74 verses Experiementum 2y06.
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