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Monkey Gland

Monkey Gland Cocktail

How to Make

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with orange peel.

Ingredients

Makes one drink:

  • 2 ounces Gin
  • 1 ounce Orange Juice
  • 2 tsp Grenadine
  • 1 dash Absinthe

Garnish

Orange Peel

Prep Time

2 Minutes

Tools

  • Boston Shaker
  • Cocktail Glass
  • Hawthorne Strainer
  • Knife

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Bartender Matt Lanning

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Created during Prohibition at Harry’s Bar in Paris, the Monkey Gland is named after an experimental medical procedure during which primate testicles are grafted onto the human body in the hopes of prolonging life or heightening sexual experience. Have you seen this one on a menu and steered away because of the name? C’mon...gin, OJ, absinthe, and grenadine? What harm could come from that? Quite the opposite, actually. Prognosis: classic, balanced, delicious.

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