Cloysters
Ingredients
- 2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 1⁄2 oz Yellow Chartreuse
- 1⁄2 oz Pink grapefruit juice
- 1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
- 1⁄6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
- 4 drop Bob's Grapefruit Bitters optional
- 1⁄4 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
Method:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.
Nutrition:
One serving of Cloysters contains 208 calories
History:
Believed to have originated circa 2007 in New York City. Perhaps named after the Pokémon "Cloyster", this is a gin-heavy riff on the earlier (circa 1970) Cloister cocktail.
Review:
There's a suitable subtle monastic influence to this complex, gin-based, most learned of cocktails.
