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 (2:1)

Major Bailey
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Glass:

Serve in a Sling glass

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)

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint (just to bruise) in base of shaker.
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.

Review:

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

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Major Bailey (frozen)

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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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

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István GT

24th April at 20:08

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

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Caspian Berggren

31st March at 19:50

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.

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