Name: Glee Club Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Amontillado sherry; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 15 ml Framboise eau-de-vie; 2 dash Absinthe; 2 dash Burlesque bitters

Glee Club Cocktail
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Glass:

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Ingredients:
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
³⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Framboise/raspberry eau-de-vie
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash	Burlesque bitters

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amontillado sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Raspberry notes hit your palate first, followed by Chartreuse influenced sherry. Fruity yet spirit-forward and complex.

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History:

The Glee Club Cocktail first appeared in Tim Daly's 1903 Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia and comprised "2 dashes of orange bitters, 1 dash of yellow Chartreuse, 1 dash of maraschino, 1 wine glass of raspberry wine."

This recipe, adapted from one by Jack McGarry at New York's Dead Rabbit, uses framboise eau-de-vie in place of raspberry wine.

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Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
21.25% alc./vol. (42.5° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

11th November at 17:38

Incredibly complex and interesting. First of all, you need to love Amontillado sherry to like this cocktail. It's obviously going to dominate most of it. The eau-de-vie is a great counterplay to it though, making it fresh and interesting. The chartreuse adds some herbal complex and sweetness which balances the whole experience. Not sure if I get the bitters too much but the absinthe provides a nice accent.

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