Name: Showbiz
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka; 20 ml Crème de cassis; 45 ml Pink grapefruit juice

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Ketel One Vodka

2/3 fl oz

Crème de cassis liqueur

1 1/2 fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered blackberries.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered blackberries.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Showbiz contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
14.71% alc./vol. (29.41° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

With the remaining cocktail, we added a few small ice cubes. The cocktail does work great a bit bit more water.

John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

Liked this, but found it a tad on the sweet side for our taste. We put in a few drops of grapefruit bitters and still on the sweet side. Sort of a cassis version of the Cosmopolitan.
Our grapefruits are picked ripe from the tree and tend to run sweet. Would consider using white grapefruit which is a bit more sour. I would rate this more of a "6" than "7" for sweetness.
Would be a great cocktail for a brunch or a warm afternoon.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Thanks, John. I've dropped sweetness back to 6.

Jeremy Harrold 4y

Looking at the comments, I modified it to 60 Vodka, 50 Pink Grapefruit, 20 Cassis. It was a refreshing bitter sweet cocktail. A nice balance of the ‘tang’ of the grapefruit with the fruity cassis.

Brandon John 4y

It's fine, but not sure I'd go out of my way to make one. If I've squeezed a fresh grapefruit, I probably want a drink that keeps things very grapefruit-forward, whereas here the cassis just detracts from it a bit I think.