Monkey gland from The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartender's Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy by Jim Meehan and Chris Gall

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  • fprincess on March 12, 2013

    I bought a few Moro blood oranges last week and was looking for a new orange-based cocktail to showcase them. I remembered that I had always wanted to try the Monkey Gland, one of these memorable cocktail names, although I had no idea what it was like. I thought that using blood oranges was appropriate! The drink had a deep ruby color. Regarding the taste, it was quite different. Not structured as a typical cocktail. It highlighted the botanicals in the gin and some from the pastis (but not the licorice notes surprisingly). The orange seemed to blend in the background despite the large amount. I am not sure if I liked it but it was intriguing and fresh. The problem was that it tasted a little flat without much dimension. It might be worth trying again with a different gin, even though Beefeater is specified in the PDT recipe. Photo here: http://forums.egullet.org/topic/141096-the-pdt-cocktail-book/?p=1911951

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