| Iba: | yes |
| Sourcelink: | monkey-gland |
| Monkey Gland | |
| Type: | cocktail |
| Gin: | yes |
| Drinkware: | cocktail |
| Served: | straight |
| Ingredients: |
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| Prep: | Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. |
| Timing: | All Day |
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]
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.[3]