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Major Bailey

Name: Major Bailey
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

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Photographed in an Urban Bar Sling 11.5oz / 33cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SLING GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint sprigs.

Method

Gently MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise).
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
Briefly CHURN (stir).

Garnish

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.
Serve with a straw.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, Revised.

Try this. This is s hell of a drink.
MAJOR BAILEY
¼ ounce lime juice
¼ ounce lemon juice
½ teaspoon bar sugar
12 mint leaves
2 ounces gin
Muddle lime juice, lemon juice, sugar, and mint leaves well. Pour into a 12-ounce chimney glass filled with shaved ice. Add gin. Stir gently until glass is frosted. Chill for 30 minutes. Decorate with mint sprig. Serve with straws.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, Revised, 1972

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Review

As Trader Vic says of this gin-based Julep, "This is a hell of a drink."

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István GT 19w

dilution is super important for this one, it's great at it's sweet spot

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 22w

I was a bit hesitant about this one, because it looked very simple, but I really shouldn't have been. It's a great cocktail, somewhere between a Gin Julep and a South Side. The split base between lemon and lime is genius. The lime brings out the mint without feeling sharp.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Made this up, thinking its intensity would fall short served upon crushed ice... Serve this on crushed ice.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 3y

Just made this with Mentha canadensis a.k.a. American Wild Mint some say is a subspecies of M. arvensis. Tastes like peppermint. Fantastic!

Chris Dimal 3y

It really is like a Gin Julep with tiny hints of citrus.

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