Dorchester

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

A riff on a Last Word with grapefruit juice replacing Chartreuse.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Erik Adkins, Bar Director at the Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Dorchester contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 15.96% alc./vol. (15.96° proof)
  • 17.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
16th January 2024 at 23:52
A surprisingly complimentary showcase for the Luxardo Maraschino. Very nice, if a tiny touch too sweet (for me). Very much on point though. Impressive even. (16 Jan 2024, 6:51p)
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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
10th April 2022 at 14:36
As I am not the big Luxardo lover I used 2,25 cl grapefruit juice. Tasty, although Luxardo still dominates the grapefruit. Next time I will reduce Luxardo to 1cl and also cut back the lime juice a bit to get a better balance.
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