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, 65.0°Brix); 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	Gin
1/2 fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal 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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Review:

A drink for fans of Chartreuse and aniseed.

History:

Created in 2011 by Jamie Boudreau, Seattle, USA

More cocktails by Jamie Boudreau

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
29.14% alc./vol. (58.28° proof)
24 grams of pure alcohol

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