No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Asylum
Measurements in:
Serves:
| 1 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1 fl oz | Aniseed (anise) liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Monin Grenadine Syrup |
| 1/3 fl oz | Chilled water/mineral water |
How to make
Glass
Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl
Prepare
- Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of star anise.
Method
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish
- Garnish with star anise floated on surface.
Flavour Profile
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Health & Nutrition
Nutrition:
One serving of Asylum contains 175 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 25.58% alc./vol. (51.16° proof)
- 19.2 grams of pure alcohol
History
Created by William Seabrook, famous for his account of eating human flesh, and first published in Sterling North and Carl Kroch's 1935 So Red the Nose or Breath in the Afternoon.
William Seabrook's ASYLUM cocktail
Sterling North and Carl Kroch, 1935
1 PART GIN
1 PART PERNOD
DASH OF GRENADINE
Pour Over Large Lumps of Ice
Do Not Shake
WILLIAM SEABROOK writes that if you follow instructions this cocktail will, "look like rosy dawn, taste like the milk of Paradise, and make you plenty crazy."
The famous explorer who has sipped his way around the world, tippled in Port-au-Prince, and lifted a toast to the midnight stars with the White Monk of Timbuktu, admits sadly that– "since I have become sober and God-fearing and can no longer get my pleasure kicking the gong around, my happiest diversions are tennis, the harmonica, the King James version of the Old Testament, talking to Negroes, and looking at beautiful women."
Members of So Red the Nose Club should read Asylum to discover what lies in store for incautious imbibers of Gin and Pernod.
Review
Seabrook said of this drink, "look like rosy dawn, taste like the milk of Paradise, and make you plenty crazy." He must have been a Pernod lover.
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