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Polly's Special

Name: Polly's Special
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 30 ml Grand Marnier; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
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

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit wedge .
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Polly's Special contains 238 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
21.18% alc./vol. (42.36° proof)
28.4 grams of pure alcohol

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

Review

Sweet, sour, flavoursome and balanced.

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John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Very interesting and tasty cocktail. Not as smoky as I was expecting. The grapefruit and orange work perfectly with the Scotch Whisky. Given it was designed by Vic Bergeron, there is a hint of tiki, but it is not sweet.