The Blind Side

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (8 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
8 fresh Mint leaves
1 oz Patrón Reposado tequila
1 oz Americano bianco
1 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of gently squeeze lemon wedge over drink and then drop into drink..
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 10/10

Review:

Fresh and refreshing – a minty gentian apéritif.

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Variant:

White Negroni

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Riccardo Aletta (AKA 'Ricky D Wing') at Holy Birds in London, England.

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Matt Excell’s Avatar Matt Excell
8th May 2023 at 21:46
Tried this tonight. I think it's pretty clear this is a White Negroni riff, so I used contemporary White Negroni ratio: 45ml Repo-30ml Americano-22.5ml Suze

This worked quite well. Personally feel mint could do with some light muddling (flavour didn't come through for me just stirring). I decided to add a small, slapped, bunch mint to garnish and that was very pleasing.

Finally, inspired by Dried Meadow Flower cocktail, I tried stirring in heavy barspoon St Germain. Works so well with Suze
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
10th May 2023 at 10:27
Sounds delicious! And good call re White Negroni - I've added a link under variant above.