Tiki & TropicalSummer

Saturn

J. "Popo" Galsini, California, 1967

The Saturn is gin flash-blended with lemon, orgeat, passion fruit and falernum, poured over crushed ice and garnished with a lemon peel ring around a cherry. It is a rare gin tiki drink: nutty, tart and tropical. A drink for the start of summer.

  • GlassNick & Nora
  • MethodShaken
  • Ingredients5
Saturn

Ingredients

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Servings
Lemon peel wrapped around a Luxardo maraschino cherry, like Saturn's ringGarnish
Total volume—

Directions

  1. Blend all ingredients with about a cup of crushed ice for a few seconds.
  2. Pour into a glass and add more crushed ice to fill.

ToolsJiggerBlenderNick & Nora glass

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History

California bartender J. "Popo" Galsini created the Saturn in 1967, and it won the International Bartenders Association world championship that year.

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How are you making it? ⓘ Batching includes dilution water. Pre-batched cocktails need added water to replace the melt from stirring or shaking. We use Jeffrey Morgenthaler's standard: 18% for spirit-forward drinks, 25% for shaken.

What you'll need to buy

Based on 750ml bottles (25.4 oz), rounded up.

Bottle math, generally

750ml bottle25.4 oz
2 oz pours per bottle12 cocktails
1.5 oz pours per bottle16 cocktails
1 oz =29.6 ml
This recipe per 750ml of spirit—

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