Name: Barnum Was Right
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Apricot liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Chilled water; 3 dash Aromatic bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Barnum Was Right
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) optional

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

A gin apricot sour balanced and favoured with generous dashes of aromatic bitters.

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History:

Named for Barnum Was Right, a 1929 American comedy film released with sounds and also as a silent version for theatres not wired for sound. Only the silent version serves.

Adapted from a recipe in Crosby Gaige's 1941 Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide & Ladies' Companion.

Barnum Was Right
⅔ jigger Dry Gin
⅓ jiger Apricot Brandy
Dash Lime Juice or Lemon
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Shake well with cracked ice and strain into cocktail glass.
Crosby Gaige, Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide & Ladies' Companion, 1941

Nutrition:

One serving of Barnum Was Right contains 200 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
22.11% alc./vol. (22.11° proof)
25.1 grams of pure alcohol

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