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Cloysters

Name: Cloysters
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 drop Grapefruit bitters; 7.5 ml Chilled water

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (11)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1/2 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 drop	Grapefruit bitters (optional)
1/4 fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cloysters contains 208 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
20.84% alc./vol. (41.68° proof)
24.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Believed to have originated circa 2007 in New York City. Perhaps named after the Pokémon "Cloyster", this is a gin-heavy riff on the earlier (circa 1970) Cloister cocktail.

Review

There's a suitable subtle monastic influence to this complex, gin-based, most learned of cocktails.

Variations/similar cocktails

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Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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john deragon 18w

Sorry, this isn't my cocktail. Not sure where it came from.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 18w

Many thanks for letting me know, John. I've removed the attribution.

Egg McKenzie 2y

you're all haters this is top notch

Ellen lipton 3y

I had to sub cranberry juice for GF, and a sugar cube for the syrup. Still delightfully complex

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Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Thanks, Michael. I've added a note above and will add the Cloister cocktail ASAP and link the two.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Hi Michael, I've added a link to the Cloister cocktail above.

Scott Regenbogen 6y

Add 1 dash grapefruit bitters

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Agreed. I've added a dash of bitters to the recipe above as you suggest.