Name: Sensation
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 52.5 ml Gin; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Sensation
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
12 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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Garnish: Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise), add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Fresh, fragrant and balanced.

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History:

The Sensation notably appeared in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

SENSATION COCKTAIL.
3 Dashes Maraschino
3 Sprigs Fresh Mint.
¼ Lemon Juice.
¾ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

However, our recipe is adapted from Stan Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Bar Guide.

Sentation
Cocktail Glass
Shake
½ oz lemon juice
1-¾ oz gin
¼ oz maraschino liqueur
3 mint sprigs
Stan Jones, 1977

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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yeonsu kim

31st August 2024 at 07:02

I wonder just shake pour all ingredients in shaker? or muddling mint first and shake?

Simon Difford

31st August 2024 at 07:16

Beneficial to bruise the mint first. Thanks for the suggestion; I've added it above.

Rob Simpson

28th August 2024 at 00:56

It's a bit like a last word with mint substituting for the chartreuse

Deb H

7th July 2024 at 23:50

Really enjoyed this - I thought it would be too sweet for my tastes, but it was a very well balanced drink, all of the components contributing.

Peter McCarthy

18th June 2024 at 01:16

This is really nice. Everything is well-balanced; goes down real easy. The mint is really refreshing. I'm wondering if swapping the lemon for lime would give you a version of The Last Word with the mint replacing the Green Chartreuse... Will have to try that since GC is impossible to find these days.