Name: Paycheck
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 dash Absinthe; 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Triple sec; 10 ml Honey and water syrup

Paycheck
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin infused with Earl Grey tea
¹⁄₂ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist (flamed).
RINSE chilled glass with absinthe and set to one side.
STIR other ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.
EXPRESS flamed lemon zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spirituous and aromatic with rich honey notes balancing bitter gentian.

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History:

Created in 2017 by Jens Küpperbusch, Essen, Germany.

Nutrition:

One serving of Paycheck contains 240 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
25.17% alc./vol. (25.17° proof)
29.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

25th January at 19:20

Mmm, I do like this, but it's too sweet. Made it with Salers, which seems to be the perfect brand. And, I must confess, the vermouth was Noilly Prat dry and the triple sec Luxardo Triplum (which I'm only now starting to find to be a touch too sweet after a few years of loving it).