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

Colonial Rot
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Glass:

Serve in a Collins glass

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

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Garnish: Mint sprig

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker just enough to bruise. Add next 4 ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with half soda and half lemonade.

Review:

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

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Alcohol content:

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

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