Name: Blue Monday
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Citrus vodka; 22.5 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 15 ml Triple sec; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 2 dash Orange bitters

Blue Monday
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Ketel One Citroen Vodka
³⁄₄ oz	Bols Blue Curaçao
¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned 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:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Disco blue but medium dry with a bittersweet orange taste.

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AKA: Caucasian

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.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Blue Monday contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.68% alc./vol. (23.68° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Dave D.

5th October 2024 at 23:07

Very tasty. I might decrease vermouth 5 ml….and used Absolute Citron

John Hinojos

23rd August 2021 at 23:41

Saw this and I had to try. Was worried that it might be a bit too sweet, but it had a great name and colour. It is not sweet at all, but a good afternoon or aperitif.

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