Name: Blue Star
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 15 ml Aromatized wine; 15 ml Orange juice

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Bols Blue Curaçao

1/2 fl oz

Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)

1/2 fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Blue Star contains 114 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.39% alc./vol. (34.78° proof)
16.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Recipe from W. J. Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book (Coronation Edition) which says this drink was "Invented by A. A. Tarling". Arthur Tarling was the head bartender at London's Café Royal and was also the older brother of W. J. "Billy" Tarling, the book's author.

BLUE STAR
1/3 Gin.
1/3 Blue Curaçao
1/6 Lillet.
1/6 Orange Juice.
Shake.

W. J. Tarling, 1937

Comments & Discussion

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Alan Cattermoul Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 years ago

Agree with other comments that it needs more gin. Darker turquoise color when made with blood orange juice. Will try again!

Lee Harris 4 years ago

Really benefits from 1/3oz lime juice

Matthew Spritzsimmons Appreciated Commenter 4 years ago

This cocktail is so smooth drinking that the gin almost gets lost in the mix. The next time, (and there will certainly be one), I'll be increasing the gin by a quarter or half ounce.

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