Monkey Gland

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]

For a similarly named sauce, see Monkey gland sauce.

Monkey Gland

IBA official cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Gin
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
IBA specified ingredients	5cl gin 3cl orange juice 2 drops absinthe 2 drops grenadine
Preparation	Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Timing	All Day
Monkey Gland recipe at International Bartenders Association

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.[2]

References

1. Rob Chirico, Field Guide to Cocktails p. 189, 2005 by Quirk Productions. ISBN 1-59474-063-1
2. Hirst, Christopher. (October 8, 2005) The Independent 101 cocktails that shook the world #37: The Monkey Gland. Section: Features; Page 57.