Name: Gator Bite
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 35 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Gator Bite
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime or orange juice & salt rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Looks like a Margarita, but instead of tequila, it features the unique taste of Chartreuse. Yup, it bites.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gator Bite contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.41% alc./vol. (40.83° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Miguel Perales

27th June at 22:50

From the start, I was concerned that this was going to be too sweet. Both Cointreau and green Chartreuse are sweet. With the addition of the rich syrup I was concerned about the sweetness level. Made it as posted and yes, for my palate, it was way too sweet. Even with the salt rim. Made a second one without the rich syrup and it was definitely more balanced and the Cointreau and Chartreuse flavors were more prominent. My advice, unless you like overly sweet cocktails, leave out the rich syrup.

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Myxo Gastrid

14th August 2023 at 21:20

Honestly I feel like the salt did this a disservice. It muted the bracing quality of the chartreuse and triple sec, and rounded out the lime a bit too much. While it could be that I filled it too much and mixed in a bit of the salted rim, I'll try it without salt next time.

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Myxo Gastrid

19th August 2023 at 00:13

Yeah I definitely mixed in an already over-salted rim. This is a very nice drink, the 4 ingredients really meld together well.

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