Name: Simon Says
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Genever - Oude genever; 15 ml Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc); 5 ml Galliano L'Autentico liqueur; 5 ml Génépi liqueur; 5 ml Crème de cacao liqueur (white)

Serve in a

Rocks glass

Garnish:

None

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Old Simon Genever
1/2 fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
1/6 fl oz	Galliano L'Autentico liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Bigallet Genepi Grand Tetras
1/6 fl oz	Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
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Review:

A great aperitif drink which uses bready genever and gentian liqueur as its backbone with spoons of herbal Galliano, genepi and chocolate liqueurs adding interest and complexity. (Be sure to use Galliano L'Authentico – not Galliano Vanilla.)

History:

Created in 2016 by Joaquín Simó at Pouring Ribbons, New York City, USA, based on and named after Rutte's Old Simon genever.

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Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
25.27% alc./vol. (50.54° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Garnish: