Arthur Hale No. 1

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
34 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
16 oz Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
16 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
6 drop Bob's Peppermint Bitters optional
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of mint leaf.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with mint leaf floated on the cocktail or pegged/stuck with spot of honey to the rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A minty fresh Daiquiri with faint zesty orange notes.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Ted Saucier's 1951 book Bottoms Up

ARTHUR HALE (No. 1)
By Athur Hale, New York City
2 parts Bacardi
1 part lime juice
½ teaspoon sugar
Dash crème de menthe
Dash Cointreau
Ice
Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass.

Ted Saucier, Bottoms Up, 1951

Nutrition:

One serving of Arthur Hale No. 1 contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 18.61% alc./vol. (18.61° proof)
  • 20 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
15 hours ago
If, like us, you have an aversion to creme de menthe, perhaps consider 7.5ml (or thereabouts) Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto instead.