Name: Glass and Bottle
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 22.5 ml Americano bianco; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 1 pinch Salt

Glass & Bottle
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Photographed in a Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
³⁄₄ oz	Americano bianco
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 pinch	Salt (sea salt)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of thin cucumber slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float cucumber slice.

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:

Sour, dry and fabulously complex with bittersweet herbal gentian notes over a gin base.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by J Lynn at Lyons at Ace Hotel New Orleans, New Orleans, USA, who "wanted to create something more palatable for those new to gentian." The name comes from the 1912 Picasso collage featuring a bottle of Suze.

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