R U Bobby Moore?

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Discerning Drinkers (10 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass
Ingredients:
5/6 fl oz Blended Scotch whisky
5/6 fl oz Bison grass vodka
2/3 fl oz Sauvignon blanc wine
5/6 fl oz Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
1/3 fl oz Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of apple wedge or float apple slice (preferably dehydrated).
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:


Recipe contains the following allergens:

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Review:

It's common to pair Scotch whisky with apple, and Bison Grass vodka with apple juice, but combining these three with acidic wine and rich honey adds sweet 'n' sour complexity.

History:

Created in 2002 by yours truly and named after the rhyming slang for are you bloody sure? However, the Dictionary of Rhyming Slang claims 'bobby moore' means "door". Well, not in South London it bloody doesn't! And I'm bobby moore of it!

Just in case you're unenlightened, during the 1960s, Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore OBE (1941-1993) was the England football team captain, a national hero, and West Ham United defender.

Nutrition:

One serving of R U Bobby Moore? contains 163 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 15.69% alc./vol. (31.38° proof)
  • 16.5 grams of pure alcohol
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Hot Toddy Day image

Hot Toddy Day

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,

Beer Can Appreciation Day image

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