Aristotle cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3 fresh Mint leaves
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Mastiha liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Birch water
4 drop Bob's Peppermint Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Mint leaf

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of stirring glass. Add other ingredients, STIR with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Review:

The thinking man's mixed drink, this is based on gin with the distinctive flavour of Greek mastiha and lengthened with birch water.

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History:

Created in August 2015 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Martin Sowter’s Avatar Martin Sowter
8th September 2022 at 16:32
Just drinking some Mastiha on ice in Greece right now… very interesting. File under fernet and amaro. V interesting cocktail ingredient.
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Olivier Pernet’s Avatar Olivier Pernet
21st April 2021 at 21:20
What is birch water and how can it be made/purchased?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
22nd April 2021 at 07:11
Birch water is literally tapped from the tree: http://www.tappedtrees.com/
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