Name: Silk Road
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 10 ml Apricot liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/3 fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Silk Road contains 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.95% alc./vol. (41.9° proof)
20.4 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Carolyn Rush 36w

Nice!
Skipped the sugar syrup and it was plenty sweet for me.
I didn't have a grapefruit twist, so I added a few drops of Malört :)

Daniel Jones 1y

With 1/4 oz 1:1 simple syrup and around 2/3 Lime juice, this is a 4.5 Star cocktail for me. The flavor combination of Apricot, Gin & Grapefruit works very well together & has a level of complexity to it that I love in cocktails.

Mike Gibb Premium Member 2y

Rich apricot jam given a dark twist from the bitters and a segment of a charred orange wheel (we had no grapefruit). Made with Bombay Sapphire and the De Kuyper Apricot Brandy. Very nice, definitely worth more than 4 stars, added to the rotation.

Herbert Brant 3y

Tart and refreshing. Perfect for a warm Spring afternoon. Delightful.

Michael Westbrook 5y

I would actually go slightly lower than 15ml for the syrup. Otherwise, once it warms up after a few minutes it can lose its balance and become to sweet for my taste.