Name: Monstre Verte Cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7.5 ml Absinthe; 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 4 fresh Basil leaves

Monstre Verte Cocktail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₄ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
4 fresh	Basil leaves

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of basil leaf.
POUR absinthe into ice-filled glass, TOP with chilled water and set aside.
Separately, SHAKE other ingredients with ice.
DISCARD contents of glass and refill with fresh ice.
FINE STRAIN contents of shaker into the absinthe-rinsed glass.

Review:

A drink for fans of Chartreuse and aniseed.

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History:

Created in 2011 by Jamie Boudreau in Seattle, USA

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Doug Bain

18th May at 00:19

Very tasty, enough to try again and re-rate with the proper basil (I only had Thai basil, which I think made this a bit more bitter than it would be regular basil). I'll also back off on the simple a bit, as it was a tad sweet for me.