Hobson

Name: Hobson
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 30 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Absinthe

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur
1 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
1/4 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange slice .
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
24.66% alc./vol. (49.32° proof)
25.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Named after Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937) the United States Navy Rear Admiral and not Thomas Hobson (1545 - 1631) from Cambridge, England who gave rise to the term 'Hobson's choice'. R.P. Hopson was a hero of the American-Spanish war of 1898 who went on to became a Congressman. An ardent abstainer, Hobson has been called 'The Father of American Prohibition' due of his advocacy for criminalizing alcohol and other drugs and was a prolific author on this subject.

Review

Unbalanced towards sweetness. With drinks like this you can see why Hobson chose to be an abstainer. Originally served 'straight-up' but better over crushed ice.

Hayman's Sloe Gin 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
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Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
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Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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