Spanish Monk

Name: Spanish Monk
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Simple Syrup; 45 ml Gin; 23 ml Lemon Juice; 15 ml Green Chartreuse

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First published in 1951 in Charles H. Baker Jr.’s The South American Gentleman’s Companion, the Spanish Monk combines gin, lemon, green Chartreuse, simple syrup and an egg white. Nick Flower learned the recipe at New York’s Little Branch, and he now serves the classic at his bar Too Soon in Portland, Oregon.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Strong