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Electric Circus

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
3/4 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz Génépi liqueur
3/4 fl oz Green melon liqueur
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Electric Circus contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 18.05% alc./vol. (36.1° proof)
  • 17.4 grams of pure alcohol
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History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Chall Gray at his Little Jumbo bar in Asheville, North Carolina.

Review

A bright and bold sour in both flavour and colour.

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Comments & Discussion

Calvin Grant Premium Member
Loving this one. Good to the last drop. Like Simon Sedgley says: 'a beautifully balanced cocktail'. The Midori asserts itself and the gènèpi is supurb.
score: 2
Calvin Grant Premium Member
Made another one, this time substituted Boomsma Cloosterbitter for the gènèpi. It has a wintergreen note. Reduced the lemon a tad. Liked it better, right out of the gate; was a small serve and was gone before it had a chance to temper... May get to five.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
This is one of our favourite Summer Sunday afternoon cocktails to offer friends at a party. It's so simple to make and a pretty green. If you run out of Gin, as we recently did because everybody wanted a Last Word or Gin and Tonic, then just substitute for the Gin a Tequila and Mezcal mix (we did a 15ml to 10ml ratio). Pushes it towards a Japanese Slipper Margarita but who's complaining?
score: 2
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
Also, why are there so few recipes here that incorporate Genepi? Is it because it is considered a poor man's version of Chartreuse? For all sorts of reasons, this would be absurd.
score: 2
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We think this is a beautifully balanced cocktail. Perfect fun for a sunny Sunday afternoon BBQ. We experimented with two variants: substituting Italicus and then Acqua Bianca for the Genepy. We kept to the proportional measure in both cases: 22.5ml. Both we enjoyed, although the one with Italicus being perhaps slightly less complex than the original and the one with Acqua Bianca slightly less balanced.
score: 2