Gospel Sharp

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Horse with No Name habanero bourbon
2⁄3 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
2⁄3 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2⁄3 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

"Gospel sharp" is apparently cowboy lingo for a 'preacher' so seemed an appropriate name for this habanero bourbon-laced riff on a Last Word.

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History:

Created in September 2021 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, England.
See: Last Word history

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gospel Sharp contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 25.23% alc./vol. (25.23° proof)
  • 22.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Thierry Vandevelde’s Avatar Thierry Vandevelde
15th November 2024 at 17:31
Excellent as is. I added just a slight touch of bourbon to reinforce its presence a little bit more. 35ml instead of 30ml. Nitpicking...
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
26th January at 15:19
No, it's a good call. We also want the bourbon, not the chartreuse, to be lead chorister here. Sometimes we up it as far as 40ml.
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