#33 Cocktail: Blue Train

   First mentioned in the "Savoy Cockatail Book" by Herry Craddock, the recipe for this cocktail was asking for gin, cointreau and "blue vegetable extract. The name of the cocktail was probably given after Le Train Bleu, the old luxury train from Calais to Paris and then to the french riviera.
 

1 1/2 ounces gin

1 ounce blue cuarcao

1/2 fresh lemon juice