Name: Congo Blue
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Vodka - Bison grass; 15 ml Melon liqueur; 5 ml Crème de mûre (blackberry); 30 ml Apple juice (apple cider) unsweetened & cloudy; 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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) unsweetened & cloudy
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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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.

History:

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

Nutrition:

One serving of Congo Blue contains 152 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.86% alc./vol. (37.72° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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