The Astor

Name: The Astor
Ingredients: 1 1⁄4 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin; 1 oz Hayman's Sloe Gin; 1⁄4 oz Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe; 1⁄2 oz Lime juice

Robust
Neutral

Ingredients

1 1⁄4 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
1 oz Hayman's Sloe Gin
1⁄4 oz Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
1⁄2 oz Lime juice

Method

Glassware:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint leaf.

Method:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with mint leaf floated on the cocktail or pegged/stuck with spot of honey to the rim.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Astor contains 174 calories

History:

The cocktail first appears as the Astor Punch in Jacques Straub's 1913 Manual of Mixed Drinks and then in Jacob Abraham Grohusko's 1933 Jack's Bar Manual.