Name: Cloister
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 15 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/2 fl oz

Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)

1/2 fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/6 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cloister contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.51% alc./vol. (43.01° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 13w

A lovely Sidecar variant. Be a bit patient as you sip and allow it to warm a little and it will blossom beautifully.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 30w

What a delicious cocktail. I can only imagine what this would taste like were I lucky enough to source tree ripened sweet grapefruit as described in John Hinojos comment below. The simple syrup was therefore a must. Highly recommended if you enjoy a slightly sour cocktail.

Frederic D. Premium Member 1y

A very good drink indeed, with a great balance between all ingredients. Both Chartreuse and grapefruit juice can overwhelm in a drink, but here they combine harmoniously to make something better than the sum of its parts. I found that the Gin came closer to the fore as the drink warmed up.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

This was excellent. Liking our cocktails on the dry side, we left out the sugar syrup as our grapefruit is tree ripened and sweet. Wonderful for a pre-dinner cocktail with a nice cheddar, vegetables, tart apple slices, and whole grain crackers. Perfect for an autumn evening.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 30w

Had this tonight and agree; a delicious cocktail. I can only imagine though what this would taste like were I lucky enough to have tree ripened sweet grapefruit!