Venus

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
7 fresh Raspberries
1 2⁄3 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
5⁄6 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry.
  3. MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.
  4. Add other ingredients.
  5. SHAKE with ice.
  6. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Gin-laced raspberry with hints of bitter orange. If available, use raspberry syrup in place of unflavoured sugar syrup.

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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
31st July 2024 at 14:09
Imho a bit lemon juice and raspberry syrup improves the cocktail.
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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
5th June 2024 at 15:56
Having redone this cocktail today, I am not so convinced this time. For me it lacks acidity and the gin, I used Bombay Sapphire, came too much through. I prefer Salvatores Red Earl.
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Tuber Magnatum’s Avatar Tuber Magnatum
28th August 2023 at 01:01
Had this tonight on a late summer's evening. Excellent and agree that it is drier than might be expected. It may speak to my novice technique, but I would caution that the muddled raspberries clogged the Hawthorne strainer as I poured the cocktail into my conical strainer which in turn also clogged. Maybe I muddled too aggressively? Regardless, the raspberry flavours were very pronounced and delicious. A definite repeat.
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Tuber Magnatum’s Avatar Tuber Magnatum
28th August 2023 at 01:08
Forgot to add, maybe don't let the drink sit too long; I got distracted cooking and came back to a drink where the raspberry component began to settle to the bottom of the glass.
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