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Fargo is For Lovers
Glassware
Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)
| 1 1⁄2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'simple' (1 sugar to 1 water, 48°Brix) |
| 1⁄4 fl oz | Luxardo Maraschino liqueur |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Maraschino (Marasca) syrup (from cherry jar) |
| 2 fl oz | Thomas Henry Soda Water |
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