Greenhorn

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Patrón Silver blanco tequila
1 oz Green melon liqueur
3⁄4 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered green maraschino cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Bittersweet melon laced with tequila.

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Variant:

Green Horn

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Bobby Heugel at his Refuge cocktail bar in Houston, Texas.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Greenhorn contains 205 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 23.02% alc./vol. (23.02° proof)
  • 22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
2nd May at 16:28
Bittersweet in the most accurate sense of the word. Not super complex but still a nice sipper. The tequila is pretty subdued but it still plays some high notes with pepper and agave. I think I'd rather drink it on a big cube of ice, though, so the sweetness doesn't become too much over time.
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Max Bul’s Avatar Max Bul
1st May at 19:37
Add a slice of cucumber and it will be much better.
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John Tovey’s Avatar John Tovey
7th April 2023 at 21:27
Much like those statement linen trousers you bought on your 'olidays: best enjoyed somewhere sunny, and maybe just the once...
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letti pearce’s Avatar letti pearce
9th March 2023 at 18:24
At the first sip I really didn’t know what to make of this unusual flavour combination, but it really grew on me as it went down. I can’t think of anything like it. The sweet midori and bitter suze are really well balanced. Really interesting and a beautiful colour too.
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