The Lemon Peel

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (11 ratings)

Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 oz Pallini Limoncello liqueur
14 oz Liquore Strega
34 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
34 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
14 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of sage sprig.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

Just as the name promises, this tall superbly refreshing cocktail delivers intense zesty citrus but is balanced and quaffable. A drink for a scorching hot summer's afternoon.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Lemon Peel contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 15.6% alc./vol. (15.6° proof)
  • 18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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22nd August 2021 at 19:54
As a devout lover of Strega, I had to give this lovely gin and citrus mix with a touch of Strega a shot. The drink is quite good, and I enjoyed it, but the thing that messed it up was the Strega and dry gin interaction. They didn't play particularly well together, though to be fair, I used a London Dry Gin in my test. But then I tried again with the softer, sweeter Old Tom Gin, and it was really great!
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
23rd April 2021 at 01:12
A little sweet, but good balance. I gave it 4-stars. After trying did a dark rum float (being a big rum drinker) and it was worth a 5. Not as sweet and still good balance.