Name: Original Sin (Gin Joint recipe)
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack; 15 ml Vermouth - full-bodied sweet (Antica Formula); 10 ml Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc); 20 ml Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water); 20 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Julep tin

Garnish:

Lemon slice

How to make:

SWIZZLE all ingredients in a Julep cup with crushed ice.

1 1/2 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1/2 fl oz	Full-bodied sweet vermouth (e.g. Antica Formula)
1/3 fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
2/3 fl oz	Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
2/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

Lemon and honey with a touch of bittersweet flavoursome gentian liqueur.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 at the Gin Joint, Athens, Greece.

Nutrition:

One serving of Original Sin (Gin Joint recipe) contains 202 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.57% alc./vol. (41.14° proof)
22.6 grams of pure alcohol

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