Red Lion (Tarling's recipe)

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange juice and sugar coated rim.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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Review:

This gin and cognac orange-based citrusy cocktail is deliberately, and indeed originally, formulated to be a tad on the sour side, but is balanced by a luxuriant sugar-crusted rim.

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Variant:

Red Lion (Difford's recipe).

History:

Created by Arthur Tarling, head bartender at London's Café Royal, this recipe was first published in 1937 by his younger brother, Billy Tarling, in his Café Royal Cocktail Book.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Red Lion (Tarling's recipe) contains 150 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 19.9% alc./vol. (19.9° proof)
  • 17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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David Teager’s Avatar David Teager
11th August 2024 at 23:04
My goodness. I liked this drink before, but wondered why it wasn’t red. Tonight I muddled for raspberries with the mixture and it elevates it to something really special.
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