North By Northwest

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Discerning Drinkers (4 ratings)

Serve in a

Flute glass
Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup
2 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
2 fl oz Brut champagne/sparkling wine (chilled)
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Flute glass.
  2. SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  4. TOP with sparkling wine.

Allergens:


Recipe contains the following allergens:

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Strength & taste guide:


Review:

A French 75 made more interesting by a splash of absinthe.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2008 by Brian Miller at Death & Company in Manhattan, New York City. Named after the 1959 thriller produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. In the film, Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill says, "Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed."

Nutrition:

One serving of North By Northwest contains 219 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 15.11% alc./vol. (30.22° proof)
  • 22.7 grams of pure alcohol
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Bacardi's birthday

The founder of Bacardi was a Catalan wine merchant called Facundo Bacardi Massó, who left Spain for Cuba in 1830.

Valentine's Day image

Valentine's Day

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Fernand Petiot's birthday image

Fernand Petiot's birthday

On this day in 1900, Fernand Pete Petiot was born in Paris, to parents who owned a guesthouse - he would come to fame, correctly or otherwise, as the inventor

Margarita Day image

Margarita Day

There are days for most things in the US, but Margarita Day is a subject very close to our hearts. Because, no matter who invented this classic cocktail,

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