Name: Limey Cosmo
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Lime vodka; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Cranberry juice; 7.5 ml Lime cordial; 7.5 ml Lime juice

Limey Cosmo
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 oz	Absolut Lime Vodka
³⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As the name suggests, a more lime-forward flavoured Cosmopolitan while remaining balanced rather than overly sour.

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History:

Created in the early 2000s by yours truly.
See: Cosmopolitan cocktail history

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Nutrition:

One serving of Limey Cosmo contains 88 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.16% alc./vol. (17.16° proof)
15.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf

31st March 2022 at 15:01

I did this cocktail with Roku gin instead of lime flavoured vodka and for this doubled the amount of lime juice. The result was very tasty, especially this soft gin could shine through very nicely.

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