Name: Aristotle cocktail
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 Mint leaves; 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Mastiha liqueur; 45 ml Birch water; 4 Mint bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

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.

3 fresh	Mint leaves
1 1/2 fl oz	Gin
1 fl oz	Kleos Mastiha liqueur
1 1/2 fl oz	Birch water
4 drop	Bob's Peppermint Bitters
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Review:

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

History:

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

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Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
18.61% alc./vol. (37.22° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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