Opening Shot

Name: Opening Shot
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Grenadine syrup

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/6 fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Shot glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a SHOT GLASS.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Opening Shot contains 112 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
23.39% alc./vol. (46.78° proof)
12.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review

Basically a miserly Sweet Manhattan.

Variations/similar cocktails

Double the quantities and strain into a Martini glass and you have the 1920s classic this drink is based on.