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Vieux Mot

Name: Vieux Mot
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vieux Mot contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.12% alc./vol. (34.24° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2007 by Don Lee at PDT, New York City, USA.

More cocktails by Don Lee

Review

There's no lychee in this cocktail but the gin, citrus and elderflower combined are reminiscent of lychee.

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Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

I really enjoyed this one. On the nose, it smells like a very good home-made lemonade. I switched same amount of simple syrup (1:1) for the rich syrup since I lean away from sweet cocktails and glad I did. Mid palate, the St-Germain really shines on this one, and it ends with a nice, slightly sour finish.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

Interesting observation. When I look up this cocktail on this website using my iPhone, it lists Rutte Dry Gin as the Gin. If I use my iPad on PC, it lists Plymouth Gin. Everything else is identical. Weird.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Hi Miguel. You are seeing Plymouth on your iPad and PC because you're logged in on these devices and I presume you have Plymouth in "Your ingredients". As you're not logged in on your iPhone you are seeing my default choice of gin, presently Rutte Dry.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

I used No.3 Gin and maybe a quite sour lemon, so I had to adapt the recipe, as one could not taste the elderflower. My version is 4,5cl Gin, 3cl St.Germain, 2,25cl Lemon juice, 1,5cl Sugar syrup.

Rebecca Jeanson 5y

Tim loves! cut the sugar