Name: Leninade
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Citrus vodka; 15 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Grenadine syrup; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters; 60 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Ketel One Citroen Vodka

1/2 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 fl oz

Monin Grenadine Syrup

1/12 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and lemon slice.

Method

SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Leninade contains 175 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
11.42% alc./vol. (22.85° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Dick Bradsell at Fred's bar in London in the late 1980s. His original recipe (1½ shots citrus vodka, ¼ shot triple sec, 1 shot lemon juice, ¼ shot sugar syrup and 3 dashes orange bitters) was served short and straight-up with sugar syrup rather than grenadine.

I added grenadine and made the Leninade a long cocktail in July 2013 due to comments from Discerning Drinkers saying the name was suggestive of a long red vodka-based drink.

Comments & Discussion

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Graeme McPherson 39w

What a gorgeous spring / summer drink this is!
Very well balanced and just a delight. Very more-ish.
I used a homemade grenadine so like Diego's review below my drink colour was more a sophisticated pink than the bright red in the picture.