Garnish:
Grapefruit zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | 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) |
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Review:
A Chartreuse and gin-laced Daisy with grapefruit and lemon juice, that (as it says in the 1971 Playboy Bar Guide, is "perfect for an autumn sundown."
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Thomas Mario's 1971 Playboy's Bar Guide.
CLOISTER
Thomas Mario, 1971
1½ ozs. gin
½ oz. grapefruit juice
¼ oz. lemon juice
¼ oz. yellow Chartreuse
Shake well with ice. Strain into prechilled cocktail glass. A competitive kind of drink, perfect for an autumn sundown.
Nutrition:
One serving of Cloister contains 186 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 21.86% alc./vol. (43.72° proof)
- 20.2 grams of pure alcohol
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