Milo

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
4 fresh Raspberries
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare raspberries for garnish.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with raspberries.

Review:

Reminiscent of a Raspberry Cosmopolitan, only drier and stronger.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Tony Conigliaro at Isola in London, England.

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Mike Gibb’s Avatar Mike Gibb
2 hours ago
Hah! someone, somewhere has been playing games. The Venus/Milo cocktails share the same ingredients, but in slightly different proportions.
* Venus: 50ml gin / 25ml triple sec / 10ml sugar / 7x raspberries / 2x creole bitters //
* Milo: 60ml gin / 15ml triple sec / 7.5ml sugar / 4x raspberries / 1x creole bitters //
The Venus was excellent this evening. Now I have to try the [Milo]!
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Rob de Santos’ Avatar Rob de Santos
12th March 2023 at 18:55
Substitute for the sugar syrup some of the syrup in your favorite cocktail cherry jar and double the bitters. Even better and not too sweet. A drier orange curacao is a balance if needed.
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Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
26th July 2024 at 21:45
i think the fact it lacks any acidity means the sweet has to be really more finely tuned
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Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
26th July 2024 at 21:42
agree, bit too sweet as offered, although i am using 15% triple sec
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