Name: Fallen Angel
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 2.5 ml Green crème de menthe; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Fallen Angel
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1910

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
0.08 oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of mint leaf or tip of mint sprig.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with a mint leaf or float the tip of a mint sprig.

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin-laced zesty citrus with subtle freshening mint with aromatic bitters adding depth of flavour and complexity.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book.

FALLEN ANGEL COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
2 Dashes Crème de Menthe.
The Juice of 1 Lemon or ½ Lime.
1 Glass Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
It has never been made quite clear as to whether this is intended to be taken by the Angel before or after falling; as an encouragement or as a consolation.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Fallen Angel contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.3% alc./vol. (17.3° proof)
15.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

9th March at 20:16

Very nice drink. Be careful about the mint, it's there to just provide an accent and enhance the juniper notes. Maybe on the sweet side for a sour but balanced nonetheless.

Chris Dimal

20th March 2023 at 19:47

Ah. My first cocktail of this website. I remember its powerful mintiness, with some botanical complexity. I made this first without the bitters, then I made it again with it, shaking my world. The salt actually makes it balanced.

Rob Gray

22nd December 2021 at 00:19

A lovely cocktail with an equally lovely complexity and evolution. We enjoyed our first ones with a square of dark chocolate!

As an experiment, I am going to add 1/4oz of creme de cacao to this recipe, just to see what happens. Will report back.