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Gin Daisy

Name: Gin Daisy
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 10 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 10 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Grenadine syrup

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered seasonal berries.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Serve with a straw.
Garnish with skewered berries.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Gin Daisy contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.88% alc./vol. (45.77° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

The gin daisy dates from to the late-1800s and the first recipe appears in Jerry Thomas' 1876 The Bar-Tender's Guide.

Review

When made with good crushed ice, this is a serious gin cocktail, and the combination of botanicals, herbal liqueur, and grenadine gives this classic an almost rose-like flavour.

It's common to add a splash of soda when making Daisies, and if you want to do this, then add the soda to your shaker, after shaking but prior to straining. However, the crushed ice mitigates the need for this additional dilution.

Variations/similar cocktails

Daisies can be served in goblets filled with crushed ice, straight up in a coupe, or served in a tall Collins-style glass with cubed ice.
Gin Daisy (Jerry Thomas-style)

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 15 cocktails
$33.99 $2.27 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

$2.47 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 15 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Patrik Pilström 2y

Got this one wrong, missed the "crunch part" (the pre-kamikaze might play a roll)
Turned out ok, boozy as ..

Hunter Newsome 3y

Wow, this is a good example of how even a little bit yellow chartreuse can completely be front and center in a drink. Tasty but you've got to enjoy yellow chartreuse (I do). Be sure to use a gin that can hold its own. I'd also like to try doubling the grenadine and lemon for a different experience.

William Smith 5y

I liked this one a lot. I upped both the Chartreuse and lemon just a little. Reminiscent of both a Last Word and a very herbal Sidecar.

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