Name: Shanghai Gin
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

3/4 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

3/4 fl oz

Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)

3/4 fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Shanghai Gin contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
22.83% alc./vol. (45.66° proof)
22 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Frederic D. Premium Member 2w

Unlike a few Discerning Drinkers below, I definitely prefer to keep this drink equal parts. I really enjoyed how honey-forward it is, with the lemon to tame the sweetness and the herbal complexity to play against. Highly recommended.

Rob San 14w

1oz Bombay gin, .75oz Benedictine D.O.M, .75oz Génépy, .5oz lemon juice, 2 drops saline (will do 1 drop next time... almost salty).

Killer cocktail! I've made equal parts version multiple times, but this slight adjustment will be my go-to version.

James Kittock Premium Member 25w

I used Plymouth Navy strength gin and a tiny pinch of kosher salt and wow, this is an incredible cocktail. The interplay of the two monastic liqueurs and the lemon juice is sublime with the gin bringing a nice backbone.

eddie richards Premium Member 26w

With both Simon and a number of experienced drinkers rating this highly, I may be sticking my neck out a little by suggesting a small adjustment that worked better for me.
I found the following ratios more balanced:
37.5 ml gin
15 ml Yellow Chartreuse
15 ml Bénédictine
22.5 ml lemon
In this more spirit-forward build, the gin clearly leads. The Chartreuse is present but controlled, while the Bénédictine adds a subtle honeyed background note. The lemon brings brightness without tipping into excess acidity.
Just sharing in case it’s helpful to anyone experimenting with the balance.

Jeff Durbin 14w

I did 1 of each except 1.5 of London dry gin. Too sweet. Tasty but sweet. I thought your ratios would be too citrus but it's probably closer to ideal than what I did.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 33w

I wouldn't use subs here. Strega and Drambuie left me wanting the call ingredients. Tried it twice, leaving the lemon measure as is, and 25:20:15 with the spiritous elements left a more approachable taste, but not quite balanced. Ran out of the Benebuie, so I'll have to wait to dial in the delivery.

Jean-Pierre Tetreault Premium Member 40w

Very well balanced drink overall, and one of my favorites. For a more citrusy profile, I use Citadelle gin. Though I love the sweetness in Chartreuse Jaune, Chartreuse Verte adds a much more herbal backbone and accents the juniper notes in gin.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 45w

This for me was an all encompassing lemon bomb. Might try again with half the lemon juice. Also I used Dolin Génépy. Perhaps Chartreuse Jaune is more assertive here.