Name: Polly's Special
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Whisk(e)y - Scotch whisky (blended); 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 30 ml Grand Marnier liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Grapefruit wedge

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Review:

Sweet, sour, flavoursome and balanced.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1947-72 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide.

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Nutrition:

One serving of Polly's Special contains 238 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
23.23% alc./vol. (46.46° proof)
29 grams of pure alcohol

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