Monkey Gland
IBA official cocktail
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TypeCocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
  • Gin
ServedStraight up; without ice
Standard drinkware
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Cocktail glass
IBA specified
ingredientsdagger
  • 5cl gin
  • 3cl orange juice
  • 2 drops absinthe
  • 2 drops grenadine
PreparationShake well over ice cubes in a shaker, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
TimingAll Day
dagger Monkey Gland recipe at International Bartenders Association

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.

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.


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