Cloister

Name: Cloister
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 1 Teaspoon Yellow Chartreuse; 2 Tea spoons Grapefruit juice; Grapefruit twist - for garnish; 1 Teaspoon Lemon juice

Ingredients

45 ml Gin
1 Teaspoon Yellow Chartreuse
2 Tea spoons Grapefruit juice
1 Teaspoon Lemon juice
Grapefruit twist - for garnish

oz ml cl

Glass: Cocktail

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Instructions

Combine the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until the drink is sufficiently chilled. Strain the drink into the chilled Cocktail glass. Garnish with the Grapefruit twist.

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Nutrition Facts

	Calories	Total Fat	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Protein
Gin	115.9	0	1.6	0	0	0
Yellow Chartreuse	?	?	?	?	?	?
Grapefruit juice	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.0
Lemon juice	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0
Total	119.0	0.0	1.7	0.8	0.5	0.0

About the ingredients

Chartreuse: Chartreuse is a French herbal liqueur available in green and yellow versions that differ in taste and alcohol content. The liqueur has been made by the Carthusian monks since 1737 according to the instructions set out in a manuscript given to them by François Annibal d'Estrées in 1605. It was named after the monks' Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the Chartreuse Mountains north of Grenoble. Today the liqueur is produced in their distillery in nearby Aiguenoire. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbs, plants and flowers. According to tradition, a marshal of artillery to French king Henry IV, François Hannibal d'Estrées, presented the Carthusian monks at Vauvert, near Paris, with an alchemical manuscript that contained a recipe for an "elixir of long life" in 1605. The recipe eventually reached the religious order's headquarters at the Grande Chartreuse monastery, north of Grenoble. The formula is said to include 130 herbs, plants and flowers and secret ingredients combined in a wine alcohol base. The recipe was further enhanced in 1737 by Brother Gérome Maubec. The beverage soon became popular, and in 1764 the monks adapted the elixir recipe to make what is now called the "Elixir Végétal de la Grande Chartreuse".
Gin: Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries (Juniperus communis). Gin originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe, particularly in southern France, Flanders and the Netherlands, to provide aqua vita from distillates of grapes and grains. It then became an object of commerce in the spirits industry. Gin emerged in England after the introduction of jenever, a Dutch and Belgian liquor that was originally a medicine. Although this development had been taking place since the early 17th century, gin became widespread after the William of Orange–led 1688 Glorious Revolution and subsequent import restrictions on French brandy.