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First Post

Name: First Post
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice; 22.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Absinthe; 22.5 ml Soda water

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
³⁄₄ fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water (chilled)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Rondo Highball Glass 37cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of First Post contains 206 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
11.91% alc./vol. (23.82° proof)
17.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

This cocktail was published in an article called The Golden Cocktail Mile for the release of the 2013 World's End film comic science fiction film. It is named after the first pub on the bar crawl that Simon Peg and co. embark on in the film.

Created in 2013 by Alastair Walker, then at The Everleigh in Melbourne, Australia.

Review

Pale green in colour with a refreshing bitter/sour sweet profile.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$32.99 $0.66 per cocktail Suze gentian liqueur image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$14.99 $0.45 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 320 cocktails
$17.99 $0.06 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

$3.23 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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rudy sebille 26w

Excellent et subtile....
Il n'y a pas un ingrédient qui prend le dessus sur les autres.
Un beau mariage de saveur.

George Jetson Premium Member 32w

Made two of these side by side. One with freshly squeezed line juice and one with Pseudo Juice using the STB recipe. Indistinguishable! Nicely refreshing with the aforementioned bitter/sour/sweet profile. A new favorite cocktail using Suze.

Patrick Custers 1y

Lovely balanced, more refreshing than expected.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

Suze and Absinthe...sublime!

Anton Ivanic 2y

Brilliant cocktail. Ran out of lime so ended up 30 ml lime/30 ml lemon. Garnished with star anise

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