Name: Banana Calling
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 10 ml Banana liqueur; 7.5 ml Fino sherry; 20 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 1/3 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/3 fl oz

Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur

1/4 fl oz

Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry

2/3 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of dried banana chip or fresh banana slice.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dried banana chip pegged to rim, or fresh banana slice on the rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Banana Calling contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.39% alc./vol. (34.78° proof)
15.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Comments & Discussion

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trendomexico Premium Member 10w

It's like a banana pie. Sometimes i see the Giffard's Banana turns bitter. I have used in Daiquiris and it was not in equilibruum. But it seem Gin is the best combination, I never try it before since I though I had to mantain the tropical mood, but with the gin improves a lot so I will go for old recipes I discarded.

Justine Fehley Premium Member 11w

I used a high proof (Old Raj Blue Spiced) gin to kick it up a notch. Turned out to be a very refreshing banana drink.

Annechien Premium Member 29w

Trying out my new bottle of giffard banane du bresil. Combined it with sipsmith and fino sherry. Very nice! Definitely smells and tastes like banana. For my palate it could probably do with a bit less sugar syrup.

Steven Jepson Premium Member 38w

I used Hayman's Old Tom and Lustau Oloroso and the one thing I can say is the Banana was not in the background. This was banana in your face and lovely - maybe not for all but wow.
Probably the Old Tom sweetness enhanced the banana but will have it this way again.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 40w

Absolutely delicious. Unlike other commenters, we thought it was delightfully balanced. But it's a big drink for our Nick and Nora glasses so we served it in a Coupe Glass, which probably more elegantly accommodated our dried banana chip garnish.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 1y

Quite the palate challenge ( in a good way, coming from a Bourbon drinker). Nose is definitely citrus. Upfront, the gin is very prevalent, followed by the lemon mid palate and finishes with a lingering, but not overwhelming, banana finish. Nice and refreshing cocktail

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I just made this with acid adjusted apple juice (a tad less acidic than lemon juice) and that was honestly perfect for me in terms of acidity. I might've used a slightly too juniper forward gin for this cocktail, though, because the banana is way in the background. Next time I'll use this with a less flavorful gin and might try up the liqueur and sherry by 0.25cl.

Dávid Ugróczi 1y

It is very much on the sour side, very refreshing.
I recommend using a slice of fresh banana for garnish, it projects a nice aroma and improves the whole experience.