Cowboy Hoof Martini

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
5 fresh Mint leaves
2 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients (including mint) with ice and syuper fine strain into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Lightly sweetened gin shaken with fresh aromatic mint.

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Variant:

Detroit Martini

History:

Created in the early 1990s by Dick Bradsell at Detroit in London, England.

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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
2nd October 2022 at 00:32
This was great. Sort of a gin based mojito. Was a little sweet for my taste would half the sugar syrup next time. Loved the addition of the mint flavour to the herbal flavours from the gin and the slight hint of orange from the bitters. Very good and unique martini.
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Tom Nygard’s Avatar Tom Nygard
9th August 2022 at 22:26
Now, being a displaced Montana cowboy living in Florida, I had to try this. Forget the bitters! I followed the recipe right up to the optional bitters and simply scrapped a little orange zest on the surface. Wonderful, if I do say so.
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12th July 2020 at 21:25
This amount of bitters overwhelmed the gin.
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Not too sweet. The gin character shines through the fruit

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Interesting and fresh as you like with a pleasant bitterness

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