Name: Monkey Business
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 25 ml Banana liqueur; 10 ml Honey and water syrup; 10 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Lime juice

Monkey Business
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Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
⁵⁄₆ oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
¹⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
Prepare garnish of float 2 dashes aromatic bitters and serve with straw.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Stop monkeying around and have a sip of this gin-forward banana summery cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from The Business, itself a riff on the Bee's Knees, created by Sasha Petraske at his famous Milk & Honey bar in New York City. This recipe was originally based on Monkey 47 Gin.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Monkey Business contains 206 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.19% alc./vol. (19.19° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Greg Klump

13th May 2022 at 21:29

I *love* Monkey 47. Unfortunately, it's stupid expensive where I live. I'll save it for martinis, where its nuances & complexities can best be appreciated rather than be lost amid the rest of the bold flavours in this drink. I subbed a split of Aviation & Norkotié (a Quebec product). I regret nothing. Good drink on lots of ice on a hot summer's day.

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