Name: Venus
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 fresh Raspberries; 50 ml Gin; 25 ml Triple sec; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Creole bitters

Venus
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
7 fresh	Raspberries
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry.

How to make:

MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients.
SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered raspberry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin-laced raspberry with hints of bitter orange. If available, use raspberry syrup in place of unflavoured sugar syrup.

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History:

Milo - Same ingredients in different proportions.

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

24.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Mike Gibb

15th July 2025 at 20:37

Taking into account the comments on the raspberry syrup, I used 5ml sugar syrup and 5ml of Monin's grenadine, which has a strong raspberry flavour. Excellent, intense orange and raspberry in harmony. Rather syrupy. Would halve both sugar syrup and grenadine, and think about adding lemon as Florian suggests.
To reprise, and to compare head-to-head with the Milo cocktail.
[Venus]

Florian Ruf

31st July 2024 at 14:09

Imho a bit lemon juice and raspberry syrup improves the cocktail.

Florian Ruf

5th June 2024 at 15:56

Having redone this cocktail today, I am not so convinced this time. For me it lacks acidity and the gin, I used Bombay Sapphire, came too much through. I prefer Salvatores Red Earl.

Tuber Magnatum

28th August 2023 at 01:01

Had this tonight on a late summer's evening. Excellent and agree that it is drier than might be expected. It may speak to my novice technique, but I would caution that the muddled raspberries clogged the Hawthorne strainer as I poured the cocktail into my conical strainer which in turn also clogged. Maybe I muddled too aggressively? Regardless, the raspberry flavours were very pronounced and delicious. A definite repeat.

Tuber Magnatum

28th August 2023 at 01:08

Forgot to add, maybe don't let the drink sit too long; I got distracted cooking and came back to a drink where the raspberry component began to settle to the bottom of the glass.

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