Monkey gland (cocktail)

Monkey Gland

Type	Cocktail
Ingredients	45 ml gin 45 ml orange juice 1 tablespoon absinthe 1 tablespoon grenadine
Base spirit	Gin
Website	iba-world.com/iba-cocktails/
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Served	Straight up: chilled, without ice
Preparation	Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

The Monkey Gland is a cocktail of gin, orange juice, grenadine and absinthe created in the 1920s by Harry MacElhone, owner of Harry's New York Bar in Paris, France.^[1]

Some recipes substitute absinthe with pastis or Bénédictine.^[2]

The cocktail is known for its distinctive flavor, which combines the sweetness of orange with the herbal, slightly bitter notes of absinthe, creating a complex and intriguing profile.^[3]

It is named after the pseudo-scientific idea that grafting monkey testicle tissue into humans would increase longevity, the idea developed by the Russian doctor Serge Voronoff.^[4]

1. ^ Chirico, Rob (2005). Field Guide to Cocktails. Quirk Productions. p. 189. ISBN 1-59474-063-1.
2. ^ Haigh, Ted (2009). Vintage spirits and forgotten cocktails : from the alamagoozlum to the zombie and beyond : 100 rediscovered recipes and the stories behind them (Deluxe; rev. & expanded ed.). Beverly, Mass.: Quarry Books. pp. 212–213. ISBN 9781592535613. OCLC 1023288091.
3. ^ Valencourt, Aurelia. "Monkey Gland". AureliaValencourt. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
4. ^ Hirst, Christopher (October 8, 2005). "101 cocktails that shook the world #37: The Monkey Gland". Features. The Independent. p. 57.

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