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Thirsty Monk

Name: Thirsty Monk
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Génépi liqueur; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 3 dash Creole bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Génépi liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Thirsty Monk contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
24.35% alc./vol. (48.7° proof)
25.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Created by Andrew King at FIG restaurant in Charleston, USA.

Review

A herbal bourbon-laced sour that's made special by dashes of creole bitters.

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Comments & Discussion

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Frederic D. Premium Member 13w

Very nice drink. For me closer to sour proportions than to the Paper Plane's equal parts, but with great herbal complexity thanks to its duo of liqueurs. Don't skip the saline.

Lisa Aspinwall Premium Member 25w

Every bit as intriguing as a Paper Plane and a beautiful color

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