Name: Three Lions (on the shirt)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 10 ml Orange Curaçao; 7.5 ml Grand Marnier; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 1 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Three Lions (on the shirt)
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Bols Blue Curaçao
¹⁄₃ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of red rose petal.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with rose petal floated on cocktail.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A blue-rinsed riff on the Tarling's 1933 competition winning Red Lion, created with the hope of celebrating another English win. There is one orange-flavoured liqueur for each of the three lions. Sip between singing choruses of
"It's coming home, it's coming home,
It's coming football's coming home
It's coming home, it's coming home
It's coming football's coming home."

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History:

Created in July 2021 by yours truly and named after the Three Lions song, in turn, named after the emblem of the England football team, worn on the player's shirts since the first international against Scotland in 1872.

Along with the three lions, England's team logo depicts ten rosettes, symbolising the rose of Lancaster, the official emblem of England. Fortuitously, the English Football Association also resides at London's Lancaster Gate. There are ten rosettes to represent the ten regions with a seat on the FA Council.

The three lions emblem derives from the Royal Arms of England, which originated with Richard I (1189–1199), the first of the Plantagenet kings who ruled from 1154. Better known as King Richard the Lionheart, the three lions represented his positions as King of England, Duke of Normandy, and Duke of Aquitaine. The three lions appeared on the Royal Arms of every succeeding monarch.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Three Lions (on the shirt) contains 127 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
23.61% alc./vol. (23.61° proof)
16.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

13th July 2024 at 21:38

Much too sweet for my palate. Nice idea but needs some balance and complexity.

John Hinojos

13th July 2021 at 00:00

Very nice and refreshing. Perfect on a summer afternoon. Another winner.

Jeremy Harrold

7th July 2021 at 18:30

Disappointingly my drink didn’t end up as blue as Simon’s. I thought it was pleasant but needed something else. I may try Campari instead of the orange Curaçao.

Simon Difford

7th July 2021 at 19:59

I used De Kuyper Blue Curacao which seems to have a more blue colour than some of the others.

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