Name: Red or Dead
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Southern liqueur; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 90 ml Cranberry juice

Red or Dead
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Southern/Louisiana-style whisky liqueur (e.g. Southern Comfort)
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
3 oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Review:

This long, ruby drink balances sweetness, sourness and bitterness.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Red or Dead contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
9.65% alc./vol. (9.65° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Tony Jones

5th July 2021 at 15:28

A good effort, but sadly the taste horrorshow that is Southern Comfort still comes through.
I liked SC when I was a teen, 30 years ago, but it seems awful now.