Name: Paris is Burning
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Paris is Burning
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupe 21cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of aromatic bitters.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with drops of aromatic bitters drawn through the foam.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin and mezcal provide the characterful backbone to this tasty, floral and fruity sour.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2013 by Leo Robitschek for the NoMad bar in Manhattan, New York City.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Paris is Burning contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
16.44% alc./vol. (16.44° proof)
20.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Steven Jepson

19th September at 21:44

What can I say after Calvin Grant's description.
I used a less smoky mezcal and found this was just perfect.
One of those drinks you got a bottle of Old Tom Gin for.

Calvin Grant

13th September at 02:40

Wow a vertically integrated cocktail. First, the lovely aromatics from the bitters, then an inviting greeting from the fresh pineapple giving way to the lemon floral complex and finally the sophistically boozy base reveales itself. This sour's a keeper!

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