Gypsy #1

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur
1⁄4 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Dominic Venegas, this cocktail's creator, describes it as "a little homage to the Last Word cocktail".

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2007 by Dominic Venegas at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gypsy #1 contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 22.19% alc./vol. (22.19° proof)
  • 20 grams of pure alcohol

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Rob’s Avatar Rob
22nd May at 22:54
This is GREAT!
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Nik Shenton’s Avatar Nik Shenton
15th February at 09:30
Beautiful, especially with the Green Chartreuse, although added 7.5ml simple syrup (as the other half likes 'slightly' sweeter cocktails).
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Shannon Brown’s Avatar Shannon Brown
16th December 2024 at 22:07
Perfectly balanced cocktail. 5+ stars.
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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
9th December 2024 at 04:43
Absolutly flawless! Not as in your face as The Last Word (which I love) indeed elderflower makes this work. Chartreuse Verte's subtle presence can not be overlooked; it's just enough. S××t if everybody made these instead of the last word, we probably wouldn't have a chartreuse shortage!
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Tuber Magnatum’s Avatar Tuber Magnatum
10th July 2024 at 23:29
Tried a second time. Went from a 5 to 5+! Delicious balanced cocktail.
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Mike Beatty’s Avatar Mike Beatty
8th July 2024 at 03:00
Nice beverage! I swapped the chartreuse for genepy and I like it a bit more.
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Ian Fenton’s Avatar Ian Fenton
8th June 2024 at 22:01
I found the elderflower to be overly dominant, which I don’t really like.
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Richard Stoddart ’s Avatar Richard Stoddart
19th April 2024 at 09:51
Add half a shot of green melon Midori and half shot sugar syrup and it becomes a Bijou swamp water cocktail. Garnish with green lolly frog or snake on a bamboo stick sitting above the swamp
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Angela Knox’s Avatar Angela Knox
23rd October 2022 at 21:50
Upped the chartreuse to 10ml as I wanted it a little sweeter and I love Chartreuse. You could consider using less lime as an alternative to upping the Chartreuse
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
24th October 2022 at 08:08
Elderflower liqueur should balance. It could be you have particular sour limes. (Hard and sour rather than soft and ripe.)
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Beverly Stanton’s Avatar Beverly Stanton
20th February 2021 at 23:47
Wow nice cocktail. Agree a tad more Chartreuse, however as is, very nice.
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Beverly Stanton’s Avatar Beverly Stanton
4th December 2021 at 23:35
Starting to revisit my favorites. This continues to be a very nice cocktail.
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