Name: Grand Designs
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 1/2 Rosemary sprig; 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Elderflower liqueur; 7.5 ml Dry vermouth; 22.5 ml Pineapple juice

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ inch	Rosemary sprig
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
3/4 fl oz	Pineapple juice
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Garnish:

Rosemary sprig

How to make:

MUDDLE rosemary in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strucchi Dry Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Strength & taste guide:

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

Easy drinking and slightly sweet, dried and made altogether grander by the rosemary.

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History:

Created in 2008 for Grand Designs Live exhibition by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.13% alc./vol. (36.26° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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