Saturn Recipe

About the Saturn

Saturn was created by bartender J. "Popo" Galsini, who entered it in the 1967 International Bartenders Association World Championship — and won, a rare case of a tiki-style cocktail with both a documented creator and a real competitive pedigree. The name comes from the Saturn rocket, fitting given the drink debuted at the height of the American space race, when anything futuristic-sounding had real cultural currency. What makes Saturn genuinely unusual within its category is the base spirit: tiki cocktails lean almost universally on rum, but Galsini built this one around gin, proving the format's signature citrus-sweetness-and-tropical-syrup blend didn't need rum to work. Nearly sixty years later, it remains one of the clearest examples that a tiki drink is a shape, not a spirit requirement.

Method

1. Measure and pour the fresh lemon juice and passion fruit syrup into the blender.
2. Measure and pour the falernum and orgeat syrup into the blender.
3. Measure and pour the gin into the blender.
4. Add a scoop of crushed ice to the blender.
5. Blend for 15 seconds, until smooth.
6. Pour the cocktail into the glass.
7. Cut a lemon zest twist.
8. Express the twist over the drink and garnish with it, along with a cherry.