Garnish:
Grapefruit zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice & fine strain into chilled glass.
2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
1/2 fl oz | Yellow Chartreuse 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 | Bob's Grapefruit Bitters (optional) |
1/4 fl oz | Chilled water (omit if using wet ice) |
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Review:
There's a suitable subtle monastic influence to this complex, gin-based, most learned of cocktails.
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2007 by John Deragon at PDT bar in New York City, USA. Perhaps named after the Pokémon "Cloyster", this is a gin-heavy riff on the earlier (circa 1970) Cloister cocktail.
Alcohol content:
- 1.8 standard drinks
- 23.31% alc./vol. (46.62° proof)
- 25.7 grams of pure alcohol
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