Saturn

A tiki drink built on gin rather than rum, it sets London dry against passion fruit syrup, orgeat, falernum and lemon for a tart, perfumed, almond-edged tropical sour. Flash-blended over crushed ice, it drinks frosty and bright, with the gin's botanicals threading through the fruit and falernum laying a warm hint of spice underneath, all crowned by a lemon-peel ring circling a cherry.

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Ingredients

  • 1.25 ozGin
  • 0.5 ozLemon Juice
  • 0.5 ozPassion Fruit Syrup
  • 0.25 ozOrgeat
  • 0.25 ozFalernum

Garnish: Maraschino Cherry, Lemon Peel

Preparation

Blended · Tiki Mug · Crushed

  1. 1.

    add

    Combine gin, lemon juice, passion fruit syrup, orgeat, and falernum in a blender.

  2. 2.

    add

    Add about 3/4 to 1 cup of crushed ice.

  3. 3.

    blend

    Flash-blend on high until smooth and frothy (or shake vigorously and pour unstrained over crushed ice).

  4. 4.

    add

    Pour the blended drink into a chilled tiki mug or footed glass.

  5. 5.

    garnish

    Garnish with the signature Saturn ring: a lemon-peel ring encircling a skewered maraschino cherry across the rim.

Origin

Filipino-American bartender José "Popo" Galsini devised the drink under the name "X-15" and took the 1967 IBA World Championship with it. It was later renamed the Saturn, a change the record ties to the Apollo 1 fire. After years in obscurity, it found a new audience when Jeff "Beachbum" Berry published it in Beachbum Berry Remixed in 2010.

Sources

Flavor Profile

dilution
56%
citrus
41%
body
30%
herbal
27%
sweet
25%
floral
25%
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