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Boston

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 'rich' (2:1); 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1/6 fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 Boston contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.59% alc./vol. (37.18° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

Review

Gin laced tangy fruit.

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Comments & Discussion

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Wayne Hanley 1y

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

Daniel Jones 2y

...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 2y

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 Premium Member 2y

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.