Name: Sleepy Hollow
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Sleepy Hollow
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
10 fresh	Mint leaves
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.
Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise).
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
Garnish with lemon slice.
Serve with a straw.

Review:

Hints of lemon and mint with gin and apricot fruit. Very refreshing.

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History:

An adaptation of a drink created in the early 1930s and named after Washington Irving's novel and its enchanted valley with ghosts, goblins and headless horseman.

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Calvin Grant

1st April at 01:13

Delightful and delicious, will definitely do this again!

Calvin Grant

4th June at 01:05

Love the original, just made a version with a split shot of Tanqueray / Carta Blanca and lemon/lime and it was quite good! Using wild mint. Larger leaves and a pepperminty flavor.☆☆☆☆☆♡

Ulysses Grand

25th June 2024 at 20:35

The very first old-timey cocktail I ever tried, way back in the mid- 2010s. Return to it every few years and still find it surprisingly delicious and an improvement over a Southside. I’d like to eventually do some research to find its provenance.