Name: Queen Elizabeth No. 1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Absinthe

Queen Elizabeth No. 1
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Chelsea Sidecar with absinthe.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

QUEEN ELIZABETH No. 1
1 Dash Absinthe
¼ Lemon Juice
¼ Cointreau
½ Coates' Plymouth Gin
R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

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Nutrition:

One serving of Queen Elizabeth No. 1 contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.83% alc./vol. (41.67° proof)
19.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf

2nd March at 15:07

This cocktail will not be one of our favourites. Possibly my new "Tabu" Absinthe, which seems not to be so easy to use in cocktails, is part of the problem. I tend to the measurements of the original recipe, maybe with a bit of additional dilution.

Steve Hotopp

25th February at 23:01

From cabinet necessity, I subbed in Grand Marnier and have to say I was pleased by the result. It steered a bit closer to a Sidecar that way, which in my mind is not a bad thing.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

14th February at 21:10

Basically a White Lady with a dash of absinthe. If that's up your street go for it, if not don't waste your time.

Robert Spain

15th February at 21:09

Nice, but not that special, so I added a bit more absinthe to highlight the difference.

Simon Sedgley

15th February at 12:25

Well, for us, even without the froth, this is closer to a Sour than is the irreproachable good lady. We might throw in a bit of egg white next time, just to nudge it even c.oser. The absinthe was certainly up our street.

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