Name: Colonial Rot
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 fresh Mint leaves; 15 ml Absinthe; 30 ml Citrus vodka; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 15 ml Lime juice; Top up with Lemon-lime soda; Splash Soda (club soda) water

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Glass:

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
7 fresh	Mint leaves
¹⁄₂ fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 fl oz	Ketel One Citroen Vodka
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
Top up with	Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up)
Splash	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint sprigs.

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise mint).
Add next 4 ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with half soda and half lemonade.

Garnish:

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Review:

Long and green with more than a touch of the green fairy.

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Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
21.76% alc./vol. (43.53° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

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