Name: Malcolm Lowry
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Tequila reposado; 15 ml Rum - Overproof white; 7.5 ml Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.); 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

1 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1/2 fl oz	White overproof rum
1/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Review:

The Daiquiri meets the Margarita in this suitably 'funky' and punchy cocktail.

History:

Created by drinks author David Broom. Named after Malcolm Lowry's 1947 novel Under the Volcano which explores a man's battle with alcoholism in Mexico.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Malcolm Lowry contains 142 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
26.29% alc./vol. (52.58° proof)
19.7 grams of pure alcohol

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