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Starboard Light

Starboard Light

3.5 10 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Gin
3/4 oz Green crème de menthe
3/4 oz Lemon juice

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Method

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of mint sprigs bouquet pegged to rim.
  3. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour profile

19.0% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 160 calories

History

Looks the part but is one-dimensional with gin-laced mint and citrus. Perhaps better with added sugar and absinthe.

William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book provides the source for this adaptation. STARBOARD LIGHT 1/2 Dry Gin. 1/4 Lemon Juice. 1/4 Crème de Menthe. Shake and strain.