Heiress

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 oz Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
0.08 oz Giffard Crème de Pêche de Vigne liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of mint sprigs bouquet pegged to rim.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Best enjoyed as an after-dinner cleanser with gin-laced mint, zesty lemon and delicate peach.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Jason E. Clapham at the St. Edward's MCR at Oxford, England who says, "This vintage-style drink is an enhancement of the rather basic Starboard Light from the Café Royal Cocktail Book. A small amount of Giffard's Crème de Pêche de Vigne serves to bridge the lemon and mint flavours, and lends the drink a hint of elegance.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Heiress contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 18.81% alc./vol. (18.81° proof)
  • 17.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
5th January 2024 at 19:46
I agree with Jeremy - as a pre-dinner cocktail at least it benefits from a smidge more peach, but very drinkable either way.
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
20th July 2023 at 04:46
Interesting. Not scarily minty. The lemon adds contrast, the peach softens it all, (though I added a more generous 10ml).
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George Ireland’s Avatar George Ireland
3rd December 2022 at 19:28
I used the clear Crème de Menthe, by Briottet. A simple, tasty sour.
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