Name: Monstre Verte Cocktail
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7.5 ml Absinthe verte (green); 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 7.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 4 Basil leaves

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Basil leaf

How to make:

POUR aniseed into ice-filled glass and TOP with chilled water. Separately SHAKE rest of ingredients with ice. DISCARD contents of glass and refill with fresh ice. Then fine strain contents of shaker into the now absinthe-coated glass.

1/4 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Green Chartreuse liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
4 fresh	Basil leaves
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La Fée Parisienne absinthe, 70cl

£ 46.95 £ 0.50 per cocktail, makes 93 Rutte Dry Gin, 70cl

£ 33.95 £ 2.19 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Green (Verte) Chartreuse liqueur, 70cl

£ 41.75 £ 0.90 per cocktail, makes 46.5

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Review:

A drink for fans of Chartreuse and aniseed.

History:

Created in 2011 by Jamie Boudreau, Seattle, USA

More cocktails by Jamie Boudreau

Nutrition:

One serving of Monstre Verte Cocktail contains 206 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
31.96% alc./vol. (63.92° proof)
26.4 grams of pure alcohol

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