Gillette – Chicago Style
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Gillette – Chicago Style
Glass:
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 2 1⁄3 fl oz | Hayman's Old Tom Gin |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄4 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
How to make:
Garnish:
- Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
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History:
Adapted from a recipe first published in Tom Bullock's 1917 book The Ideal Bartender.
GILLETTE COCKTAIL – Chicago Style
Tom Bullock, The Ideal Bartender, 1917
Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.
Juice ½ Lime.
1½ jiggers Burnette's Old Ton Gin.
½ teaspoon Bar Sugar.
Stir well and strain into Cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Gillette – Chicago Style contains 173 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 24.67% alc./vol. (49.34° proof)
- 22.9 grams of pure alcohol
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