Name: Red Lion (Difford's recipe)
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Grand Marnier liqueur; 22.5 ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 2.5 ml Grenadine/pomegranate syrup; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Garnish:

Half rim glass with orange juice and sugar-coated rim & orange zest twist (discarded)

How to make:

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

1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/12 fl oz	Giffard Grenadine syrup
1/12 fl oz	Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

The sophisticated drinker's answer to a gin and juice with dry gin and Grand Marnier liqueur made all the more fruity with orange juice, lemon juice and pomegranate syrup.

History:

Adapted from Arthur Tarling's 1933 competition winning recipe by yours truly in August 2016. Please see our Red Lion encyclopedia page for the full story behind this cocktail.

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