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Congo Blue

Name: Congo Blue
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Bison grass vodka; 15 ml Green melon liqueur; 5 ml Blackberry liqueur; 30 ml Apple juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Bison grass vodka
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Green melon liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
1 fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Congo Blue contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
13.84% alc./vol. (27.68° proof)
14.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 1999 by Marc Dietrich at Atlantic Bar & Grill, London and apparently named after the beauty of the Congo sunset.

Review

When made with cloudy apple juice (preferable) the appearance is more dirty green pond water than "Congo Blue". The flavour is grassy melon orchard fruit.

Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka 750ml - makes 18.5 cocktails
$26.99 $1.46 per cocktail Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka image

Bols Melon 1000ml - makes 66.5 cocktails
$28.99 $0.44 per cocktail Bols Melon image

Giffard Creme de Mure 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$31.99 $0.21 per cocktail Giffard Creme de Mure image

$2.11 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 18.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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John KM Premium Member 5y

Is the picture accurate? Mine came out a red-brown colour

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

Our photo is 23 years old so pre-dates digital photography and crucially also cloudy apple juice. This was created and photographed in the days when packaged apple juice was clear and bright green. I've updated notes accordingly. I have to admit to liking the old image as a reminder of simpler times!

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