Garnish:
Mint sprigs bouquet pegged to rim
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
| 3/4 fl oz | Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
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Review:
Looks the part but is one-dimensional with gin-laced cleansing mint and citrus. Perhaps better with the addition of 2.5ml (½ barspoon) sugar and 3 dashes absinthe.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book.
STARBOARD LIGHT
Harry Craddock, 1930
1/2 Dry Gin.
1/4 Lemon Juice.
1/4 Crème de Menthe.
Shake and strain.
Nutrition:
One serving of Starboard Light contains 160 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 21.57% alc./vol. (43.14° proof)
- 19.4 grams of pure alcohol
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