Name: Emperor's Memoirs
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Vermouth - Punt E Mes or other full-bodied vermouth; 7.5 ml Ginger cordial (non-alcoholic); 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 105 ml Ginger beer (chilled)

Serve in

Collins glass

Garnish:

Orange & lemon zest twists

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger beer.

1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Full-bodied vermouth (e.g. Punt E Mes)
1/4 fl oz	Ginger cordial (non-alcoholic)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 1/2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Beer (chilled)
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Review:

Not particularly alcoholic, but strong in a gingery, spicy way.

History:

Created in 2001 by Douglas Ankrah for Akbar, Soho, London, England.

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Nutrition:

141 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
7.21% alc./vol. (14.42° proof)
11.9 grams of pure alcohol

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