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Simon Says

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (32)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 12 fl oz Oude genever
12 fl oz Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
16 fl oz Galliano L'Autentico liqueur
16 fl oz Génépi liqueur
16 fl oz Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Rocks glass

Method

  1. Select and pre-chill a ROCKS GLASS.
  2. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Simon Says contains 142 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 28.63% alc./vol. (57.25° proof)
  • 21.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2016 by Joaquín Simó at Pouring Ribbons, New York City, USA, based on and named after Rutte's Old Simon genever.

Review

A great aperitif drink which uses bready genever and gentian liqueur as its backbone with spoons of herbal Galliano, genepi and chocolate liqueurs adding interest and complexity. (Be sure to use Galliano L'Authentico – not Galliano Vanilla.)

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$3.30 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

Caspian Berggren Premium Member
A *lot* of flavours, where some work and some doesn't. I kind of like it though. It's very unique. If you ever want a cocktail that you could drink av entire evening then this is it.
score: 2
John CARR Premium Member
There’s a lot going on here. I had after dinner, but suspect that the apéritif hour may change my perception significantly. Improved as it warmed and diluted.
score: 1
Chris VanDoren
This doesn't really come together, interesting but too many unique flavors
score: 1
Stephan Gröhn
Since I have no Genever available at the moment I replaced it with one half of non-peaty blended Scotch with high malt content (The Antiquary) and the other one with a new western style of gin where juniper is only in the background. It worked very well!
score: 3
Patrick Varner
Gentian and cacao compete for mainstage, dancing between symphony and cacophony. All my friends hate it.
I bought a satchet of genepi from Vars, France, just to make this convoluted drink.
score: 0
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$3.30 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

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* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.