THE ALBEMARLE COLLINS - Drinks of LE LION • Bar de Paris

THE ALBEMARLE COLLINS by Le Lion • Bar de Paris | Photo by Bernd Euler , APM-media.de THE ALBEMARLE COLLINS 60 ml strong London Dry Gin (47% Vol. like Beefeater, Tanqueray etc) 30 ml fresh lemon juice 20 ml liquid cane sugar 20 ml rasperry puree (f.e. from Boiron) Build in Collins glass with ice cubes or fill in shaker - shake, strain and stir. Fill Collins glass with Soda (ca. 60 ml) garnish with lemon zest How the Albemarle Fizz transformed into the Albemarle Collins at Le Lion: In 2005 I "opened" a very small bar called LE BON LION in Hamburg. Less than twenty square meters, very small bar, very small menu. At this time I researched the origins of classic bartending. I studied the old testament written by Jerry Thomas, Harry Johnson and Harry Craddock. The books of wisdom by Charles H. Baker and David A. Embury. And the new testament by Charles Schumann, David Wondrich and Dale DeGroff. In one book of the new testament, THE CRAFT of the COCKTAILS...