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Sandstorm

Name: Sandstorm
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Grand Marnier; 15 ml Vanilla liqueur; 45 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 45 ml Pineapple juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 7.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lime cordial

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Giffard Vanille de Madagascar
1 1/2 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1 1/2 fl oz	Pineapple juice
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Sandstorm contains 282 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
12.18% alc./vol. (24.36° proof)
26.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2003 by James Cunningham at Zinc in Glasgow, Scotland, and is named for its cloudy yellow colour.

Review

A long, fruity cocktail featuring well-balanced sweet and sourness.

Comments & Discussion

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Charlie Forbes 2 years ago

A light summer refresher. Somewhat subject to the sweetness of your grapefruit juice, tart/bitter notes can get away from you w/o sweet juice and careful measurement. Delicious!

Calvin Grant 2 years ago

I want to like this cocktail and even with the substitutions (I used packaged white grapefruit juice, and licor 43 for the vanilla) it was promising but something wasn't right. Every time I use Rose's Lime Juice I get this lingering industrial bitterness that's not the kind of bitter we intentionally add to our beverages. whilst checking the internet for a substitute, came across a recipe at jeffreymorgenthaler.com. His uses sugar, lime juice, lime zest and citric acid. Great comments also.

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