Gator Bite

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄6 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
3⁄4 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime or orange juice & salt rim.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. 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:

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:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 20.41% alc./vol. (20.41° proof)
  • 19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Myxo Gastrid’s Avatar 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’s Avatar 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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