Garnish:
Grapefruit wedge
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
3/4 fl oz | Hayman's Sloe Gin |
1 fl oz | Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed) |
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Review:
Your choice of sloe gin will greatly influence this gin laced grapefruit sour which can tip from bone dry to slightly sweet.
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.
ROSE DEACON
Stanley M. Jones, 1977
Cocktail Glass Shake
¾ oz Gin
¾ oz sloe gin
1 oz grapefruit juice
Sugar to taste
Nutrition:
One serving of Rosy Deacon contains 163 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 20.84% alc./vol. (41.68° proof)
- 20.3 grams of pure alcohol
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