Name: Astral Plane
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml White port; 20 ml Gentian liqueur; 25 ml Lemon juice; 12.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Creole bitters; 60 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Cockburn's White Heights Port

²⁄₃ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grapefruit slice wheel.

Method

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

Garnish

Garnish with grapefruit slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Astral Plane contains 124 calories

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
4.94% alc./vol. (9.88° proof)
7.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

White port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

This opens out delightfully with dilution...so no gulping, even if the day is a scorcher.

Mike Gibb Premium Member 1y

Clearly a stable-mate of the Porto Tonico and Belafonte, this is a suze riff on the Belafonte, swapping out Campari for gentian (+lemon, sugar). White port, gentian, lemon are all there, nothing domineering. A pleasant drink for summer afternoon.
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Matt Premium Member 1y

I like this - the Suze gives a low-key vegetal taste that I enjoy, with some lemon brightness and tartness emerging mid to late taste. I'd order this at a nice bar with a good bartender, but if I'm at home I'd likely just go with a Porto Tonico (and maybe a dash of Suze if I really want the vegetal element).

Frederic D. Premium Member 3y

A light and refreshing low-ABV drink. The main flavors coming through are toned-down bitter Suze and a touch of sweet lemon. Definitely pleasant, but also kind of innocuous, not something I would feel the need to revisit frequently.