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 (2:1)

Vieux Mot
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Elderflower liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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History:

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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Vieux Mot contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.12% alc./vol. (17.12° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Miguel Perales

16th April 2022 at 22:25

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.

Simon Difford

17th April 2022 at 09:50

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.

Miguel Perales

17th April 2022 at 00:07

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.

Florian Ruf

20th November 2021 at 18:43

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.