Name: The Blind Side
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 fresh Mint leaves; 30 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Americano bianco; 30 ml Gentian liqueur

The Blind Side
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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)

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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

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

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