Name: Blue Bird
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 25 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 20 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Orgeat syrup

Blue Bird
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
⁵⁄₆ oz	Bols Blue Curaçao
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A blue-rinsed, orange washed, gin-based cocktail that benefits from being sweetened with almond rather than plain syrup.

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History:

Thought to have been created in the late 1950s in Montmartre, Paris, France.

Nutrition:

One serving of Blue Bird contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.1% alc./vol. (18.1° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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Lynn Garvie

2nd November 2023 at 20:57

I wasn't expecting much from this cocktail, but it over-delivered.
The Orgeat adds a richness to what might otherwise be a basic sour.

Jeff Miller

7th February 2021 at 22:59

Tasty, perhaps a little sweet for drinking multiples (my wife and I split one and it was a good amount). I'd probably increase the lemon juice a touch and similarly decrease the orgeat if I make it again.

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