Name: Boston
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Boston
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin laced tangy fruit.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Boston contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.59% alc./vol. (18.59° proof)
18.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Wayne Hanley

10th October 2024 at 01:24

Please come to Boston for the Springtime (and Summer and Fall and Winter). Wow! wonderfully fruity and refreshing. Well balanced.

Daniel Jones

28th June 2024 at 06:36

...Gin next time. After tasting everything in the shaker tin before adding ice I realized I could omit the sugar syrup. The Boston is a great use for Apricot liqueur. It stars & shows that it can be a frontrunner in the flavor profile, if not sharing the lead , along with Gin.

Daniel Jones

28th June 2024 at 06:23

I just got a bottle of Rothman & Winter Apricot liqueur, and am searching for cocktails to use it where the flavor comes through distinctly. I've made a Stone fruit sour which was very nice and the Charlie Chaplin, once with lime and the other a Right Charlie with lemon. Tonight I made this cocktail and changed the ratios a bit thinking it was a little sweet for me. I used 1.5oz Fords gin, a scant 1oz R&W Apricot liqueur, 3/4oz lemon juice & a bar spoon liber and co. Grenadine. I'll add more...

Mike Gibb

27th August 2024 at 18:50

Try a Silk Road .. it's only 10ml from the 90ml total, but my notes: 'Rich apricot jam given a dark twist from the bitters, and a charred orange slice (we had no grapefruit). Very nice, definitely worth more than 4*'
It's a household favourite, and in the core rotation.