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Hotel Georgia in a coupe, drawn with its ingredient layers

Hotel Georgia

The Hotel Georgia is a dry shaken gin cocktail from Canada, fresh and citrusy. It is made with gin, lemon juice, orgeat and more, served in a coupe.

Strength: about 17% ABV in the glass, roughly 19 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

The house sour of the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver, from the 1940s: gin, almond and lemon under a soft foam.

Ingredients

Gin60 ml (2 oz)
Lemon juice15 ml (½ oz)
Orgeat15 ml (½ oz)
Egg white20 ml (¾ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Shake everything without ice for 10 seconds to whip the egg white.
  2. Add ice and shake hard again.
  3. Double strain into a chilled coupe.
  4. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
Glass
Coupe
Ice
None, served up
Garnish
Grated nutmeg
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