Juliet & Romeo Recipe
A gin sour shaken with muddled cucumber and mint, then scented with rose water and dotted with bitters: cool, green and perfumed.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Martini glass
- ABV: 18%
- Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
- Gin60 ml (2 oz)
- Fresh lime juice22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Simple syrup22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Cucumber3 piece
- Fresh mint leaves1 piece
- Rose water1 drop
- Angostura bitters3 drop
How to Make It
- Muddle the cucumber slices in a shaker, then add the mint sprig, gin, lime juice and syrup.
- Add ice and shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Float a mint leaf on top, put a drop of rose water on it and dot three drops of bitters around it.
Garnish
One floating mint leaf with a drop of rose water on it, and three drops of Angostura bitters around it
The Story
Created by Toby Maloney for The Violet Hour in Chicago, which opened in 2007; it became the bar's signature gin drink.
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