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Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (37)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur
12 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
13 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
34 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of aromatic bitters.

Method

  1. DRY SHAKE all ingredients (without ice) to emulsify.
  2. SHAKE again with ice.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with 3 drops of aromatic bitters drawn through foam head.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Kiss the Boys Goodbye contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 13.53% alc./vol. (27.07° proof)
  • 15.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Named after the 1941 musical comedy film of the same name, starring Mary Martin, Don Ameche and Oscar Levant, released in August 1941. This cocktail was probably created soon after the film's release and features in the 1949 book Esquire's Handbook for Hosts.

Kiss the Boys Good-bye
½ sloe gin
½ brandy
½ white of egg
Juice of 1 lemon
Shake very well with plenty of ice and strain.

Esquire's Handbook for Hosts, 1949

Review

A sour showcasing how well cognac and sloe gin play together.

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Comments & Discussion

trendomexico Premium Member
OMG I find a bottle of Sloe and make a Charlie Chaplin, but then I remember the ktbgb!!!! Can't believe I didn't make my review since I finish several bottles of Sloe here. Is sweet, easy but complex: easty to drink seems like no booze at all, but the flavor with the Brandy and the sloe has so many layers: sweet - tart- sour- sweet again. Is like a very sofisticated and very obnoxious child talking - not with the adult profile of Martini-Martinez, but just quite, and mischievous .
score: 1
Mark
Incredible! Pleasant tart sidecar ish drink, will certainly buy cognac and sloe gin to mix it an home in the future
score: 1
Nathalie O Flynn Premium Member
I totally messed up the recipe, I read “Hayman” and reached for the Old Tom one, then my husband who was then reading me the recipe noticed I needed Sloe Gin. I had poured all the ingredients already I thought let’s add 15ml of Elephant Sloe Gin. It was still very drinkable. Will make it right another time just don’t tell Simon or we’ll never be invited to the Cabinet Room for a sipping party.
Honestly when you see photos of the Cabinet Room I just crawl under the carpet. I’ll get me coat
score: 2
John Champion
Currently working on a "Blast from the Past" menu, with old cocktails that have been forgotten to time, and I had just added this one to the list the other day. You gotta love an old cocktail named after an old movie.
score: 1

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$1.60 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


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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.