castle garden

1 1/2 oz Beefeater Gin
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Benedictine
1/2 oz Honey Syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.Two Wednesdays ago, I ventured back to the online recipe flashcards from Manhatta in New York City, and I spotted the Castle Gardens that I then tracked down to a September 2018 photo on Yelp. The flashcard described how "Castle Garden is the former name of what we know as Battery Park in the late 1800s. It was the site where many people first stepped foot on U.S. soil." The combination of lemon, honey, and Benedictine was one that I used with success in the dry vermouth-based aperitif French Film and enjoyed in the applejack-based Fecamp 500 and Bourbon-based Bail Out. In the glass, the Castle Island donated a pine and herbal bouquet to the nose. Next, lemon and honey on the sip led to juniper, herbal, and clove flavors on the swallow.