Name: Blue Monday
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka - Citrus flavoured; 22.5 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 15 ml Triple sec liqueur (40%); 15 ml Vermouth - Dry; 2 Orange bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Citroen Vodka
3/4 fl oz	Blue curaçao liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40%)
1/2 fl oz	Noilly Prat Extra Dry
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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AKA:

Caucasian

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Review:

Disco blue but medium dry with a bittersweet orange taste.

History:

Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. His recipe called for ¼ triple sec liqueur, ¾ vodka and 1 dash blue food colouring. The Blue Monday also appears in Patrick Gavin Duffy’s 1934 The Official Mixer’s Manual.

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Nutrition:

One serving of Blue Monday contains 224 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
25.97% alc./vol. (51.94° proof)
25.5 grams of pure alcohol

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