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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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
12 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ³⁄₄ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise).
Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

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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

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19 grams of pure alcohol

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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Lucas Borges

22nd February at 22:18

My wife's favourite

Calvin Grant

25th April 2025 at 01:53

Love how minty this is.

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.

Calvin Grant

6th June 2025 at 03:34

Just made this with a lemon lime split. (Ran out of lemons.) Had to bump it up from excellent to exceptional. I'm using what I suspect is north american wild mint also known as Canada mint. Larger leaves, more flavor, and a peperminty component. Hope you're finding the GC. I'm frequently splitting mine with genepy to extend it.