Name: Parmenides
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Chardonnay (Chablis) white wine; 20 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 20 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 4 Absinthe verte (green)

Serve in

Coupe glass

Garnish:

None

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

1 1/3 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/3 fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
2/3 fl oz	Chardonnay (Chablis) white wine
2/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
4 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
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Review:

A sour-style drink served straight-up combining cognac, Green Chartreuse, white wine and lemon.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Fabiano Latham when he was at The Natural Philosopher, London, England. Parmenides was a 6th century BC Greek philosopher, appropriate considering the name of Alban’s bar.

Nutrition:

240 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.94% alc./vol. (35.88° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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