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

Shanghai Gin
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Nick & Nora

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A monastic herbal Gin Sour.

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Variant:

Embassie
Monte Cassino

History:

A cocktail which emerged in the late twenty-teens of unknown origin.

Nutrition:

One serving of Shanghai Gin contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.83% alc./vol. (22.83° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf

13th March at 14:29

With Tanqueray 10 really outstanding. It may remove Monte Cassino from my No.1 cocktail position. Chartreuse shines more in this version. There is also another variation with calvados which is very delicious: Widows Word.

Leslie

2nd February at 22:39

Absolutely delicious but over sweet…would reduce Benedictine by 1/4oz to allow the slight bitterness of the Yellow Chartreuse to come out.

Peter Shaw

2nd February at 20:38

For Last Word Lovers, this is my go-to when limes are not around, or ridiculously expensive.

Mike Hillis

2nd February at 00:20

Yes, this is an excellent, well balanced drink. Perhaps slightly on the sweeter side with the Benedictine, but it works well. Definitely in the rotation.

Nikoloz Gelazonia

1st February at 20:03

I don’t have Yellow Chartreuse, but I used Genepy L'Ancienne instead and added a barspoon of Elixir Végétal to enhance the complexity—it worked perfectly!