Garnish:
Pineapple wedge on rim
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 5/6 fl oz | Cognac (brandy) |
| 5/6 fl oz | Tawny port |
| 5/6 fl oz | Pineapple juice (freshly extracted/pressed/squeezed) |
| 1/12 fl oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
| 1/24 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
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Review:
Rich and fruity with a balancing brandy backbone. A bite-sized after-dinner or late-night treat that's reminiscent of a very fruity vintage port.
History:
There are two very different vintage cocktails which similar names (the other being Sloppy Joe) that originated at or are named after Sloppy Joe's, a famous bar in Havana, Cuba during the 1930s. Ernest Hemingway was a regular and Sloppy Joe's inspired the fictitious Freddy's Bar in his novel To Have and Have Not.
This recipe adapted from one I found in the variation of the other Sloppy Joe cocktail in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.
SLOPPY JOE'S COCKTAIL
Stanley M. Jones, 1977
Cocktail Glass Shake
1 oz lime juice
¼ oz grenadine
¼ orange curacao
¾ oz rum
¾ oz dry vermouth
Variation
¾ oz pineapple juice
¾ oz brandy
¾ oz port
1 dash grenadine
1 dash orange curacao
Shake vigorously with ice cubes. Strain into double old-fashioned glass with ice-con around straw.
Nutrition:
One serving of Sloppy Joe's contains 120 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 0.9 standard drinks
- 16.39% alc./vol. (32.78° proof)
- 12.9 grams of pure alcohol
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