Name: Goldfish
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Goldwasser liqueur; 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Goldfish
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Goldwasser cinnamon schnapps liqueur
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
2 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..
Before pouring Goldwasser, shake the bottle to ensure gold flakes are evenly distributed.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A 2:1 Dry Martini blinged-up and flavoured with a generous splash of gold-flaked aniseed and cinnamon liqueur.

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History:

According to Michael and Ariane Batterberry's 1973 book On the Town in New York, the Goldfish was a Prohibition-era cocktail served at the Speakeasy Aquarium bar in New York City.

Nutrition:

One serving of Goldfish contains 209 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
25.28% alc./vol. (25.28° proof)
26.6 grams of pure alcohol

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