Monsieur Big Thyme

Name: Monsieur Big Thyme
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 ml Honey Syrup; 15 ml Fleur De Thym, Bigallet Bigallet; 23 ml Gin; 23 ml Lemon Juice; 23 ml St-Germain

A shaken, tart gin drink where St-Germain and honey syrup soften the lemon juice, and Bigallet Fleur de Thym adds a herbal note. Created by Minnifer Burns in 2019.

Similar names: Monsieur Lecroix

Minnifer Burns's first version of the Monsieur Big Thyme used lemon juice, gin, elderflower liqueur and thyme in even amounts. The thyme dominated so heavily that Burns called the result a "thyme bomb". Thinning the liqueur with honey syrup helped, and the balance was still being adjusted.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Citrus

Floral

Herbal

Refreshing

Sweet