Red Snapper

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (86 ratings)

Serve in a

Collins glass
Ingredients:
2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
4 fl oz Tomato juice
1/2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup
4 dash Worcestershire sauce
7 drop Hot pepper sauce (red vinegar-based e.g. Tabasco)
2 grind Black pepper
2 pinch Celery salt
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

Garnish:

Salt & pepper rim

How to make:

ROLL rather than shake all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. (Use double frozen ice freshly from freezer to fill glass.)

Allergens:


Recipe contains the following allergens:

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Strength & taste guide:


Review:

Looks like a Bloody Mary, and tastes a lot like a Bloody Mary, but features gin's aromatic botanicals.

History:

Today, the term Red Snapper means a Bloody Mary made with gin instead of vodka. But the first known recipes, from the 1940s, describe a 50-50 blend of vodka and tomato juice, with spices, just like an early Bloody Mary: one book even states that the Red Snapper is identical to the Bloody Mary.
Bloody Mary history

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 8.91% alc./vol. (17.82° proof)
  • 18.2 grams of pure alcohol
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New Year's Day

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Hot Toddy Day image

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In the days before ice was easily available - and in most parts of the world, you needed to be pretty much royalty to own an ice house and keep it stocked

The day Prohibition started image

The day Prohibition started

One minute after midnight on this day in 1920, the Volstead Act became law and Prohibition descended on the United States, making it illegal to possess,

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Beer Can Appreciation Day

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