Name: Deckside Derby
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 20 ml Honey syrup (2:1); 7.5 ml Pimento dram; 2 dash Orange bitters

Deckside Derby
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (2 honey to 1 water)
¹⁄₄ oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit slice wheel and mint sprigs bouquet.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

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Review:

Tart rye whiskey-laced citrus balanced by flavoursome honey and allspice liqueur.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2023 by Nobian Henan at Julep Cocktail Club in Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Deckside Derby contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
14.29% alc./vol. (14.29° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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