Gnome

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
2⁄3 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
2⁄3 oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
2⁄3 oz Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of float mint leaf or peg mint sprig bouquet to rim.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

An after-dinner tipple with gin botanicals and rich herbal flavours dried with fino sherry.

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History:

Created in May 2020 by yours truly while experimenting with David Embury's Nome Martini.

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Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 26.04% alc./vol. (26.04° proof)
  • 15.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Pekka Savolainen’s Avatar Pekka Savolainen
1st September 2022 at 20:48
Tastes like Fernet branca with sugar syrup.
Didn’t want to throw away so I added lot of ice to balance sweetness.
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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
13th January 2022 at 18:27
Little too sweet for me, must try some of the variations.
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
3rd May 2021 at 14:51
Having tried your experiment, then the Nome original, both are quite moreish for those who savor herbal spirits and liqueurs. The Chartreuse is more apparent in the Gnome, but in neither does it dominate. At any rate, both are lovely. Adding this to my favorites right now...
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