Golden Glow No.2

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon whiskey
1⁄2 oz Dark/black/blackstrap rum
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
0.08 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. POUR grenadine into centre of cocktail which should sink to form a red layer in base of glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Variant:

Golden Glow No.1

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

GOLDEN GLOW
Cocktail Glass
Shake
1oz Galliano
1oz Drambuie
1oz Gin

Variation

¼ oz grenadine in bottom of glass
½ tsp sugar
1-½ oz Bourbon
½ oz rum
1 oz orange juice
½ oz Lemon juice

Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Golden Glow No.2 contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 16.43% alc./vol. (16.43° proof)
  • 19.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
10th June 2024 at 04:31
Tastey tangy fruity sour. The rum invites the juices to Bourbon's party. As it warms, the flavors change with a pleasing grenadine crescendo. Definitely making this one again.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
4th February 2023 at 01:40
Very dangerous. The cocktail is deceptively light with wonderful citrus notes. Very, very easy to drink. Was concerned with the grenadine at the bottom on the cocktail, I used the orange twist to mix the grenadine into the cocktail. Great cocktail.
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