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The Purl

Name: The Purl
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Old Tom gin; Top up with British bitter ale

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
Top up with	British bitter ale

Garnish: None

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Pint glass

Method:

POUR ingredients into chilled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
37.64% alc./vol. (75.27° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

British bitter ale — Cereals containing gluten

History

In 18th century London Gin tended to be mixed two to one with water and sold by the quarter pint. The Purl, simply gin and ale, was another popular mix. Sometimes the beer was warmed first to make a 'hot purl', apparently popular with Thames boatman of the day.

Review

Somebody seems to have spiked my beer!

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Comments & Discussion

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Richard Elgar Premium Member 6y

This was quite inspirational. I was going to make your cocktail of the day for the anniversary of the Great Fire, but instead made this, but wanted to make it more like a Wormwood ale so added absinthe and cardamom bitters to a Samuel Smith pale ale. I called that cocktail a London Purl.
If interested, here's the link to the video: https://youtu.be/Xcl3G__pkqM

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Your London Purl is brilliantly conceived and your video imparts loads of interesting historical info on London. Now to search out my glass bottomed pewter tankard.