Name: Venus
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 fresh Raspberries; 50 ml Gin; 25 ml Triple sec; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

7 fresh

Raspberries

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry.

Method

MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients.

SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered raspberry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

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

24.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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trendomexico Premium Member 8w

I prepare a Saturn, and now I will be doing a travel to the 'Solar System' as long as we find cocktails adecuate enough. This is red - thats good for a starter. OMG is delicious. Didn't expect so strong flavor from the raspberrys. I went for Nikka Gin from Japan. I couldn't help but to add lemon. It was limping without.

Mike Gibb Premium Member 1y

Taking into account the comments on the raspberry syrup, I used 5ml sugar syrup and 5ml of Monin's grenadine, which has a strong raspberry flavour. Excellent, intense orange and raspberry in harmony. Rather syrupy. Would halve both sugar syrup and grenadine, and think about adding lemon as Florian suggests.
To reprise, and to compare head-to-head with the Milo cocktail.
[Venus]

Florian Ruf Premium Member 21w

1,5 cl lemon juice works perfect as I found today.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 2y

Imho a bit lemon juice and raspberry syrup improves the cocktail.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 2y

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.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 3y

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.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 3y

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.