Name: Sunshine No. 1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 40 ml Pineapple juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup

Sunshine No. 1
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Photographed in a Modern America Coupe

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated pineapple slice wheel.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with dehydrated pineapple slice floated on surface.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Light, fruity and heading a touch to the sweet side, but could well brighten up your day.

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Variant:

Sunshine Cocktail No. 2

History:

Adapted from a recipe in the 1949 edition of Esquire's Handbook for Hosts.

SUNSHINE COCKTAIL
Equal parts pineapple juice, dry vermouth, white rum. Dash of Grenadine. Stir with cracked ice
Esquire's Handbook for Hosts, 1949

Harry Craddock includes two "Sunshine" cocktails in his 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, the other being Sunshine Cocktail No. 2.

SUNSHINE COCKTAIL No. 1.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
2/3 Dry Gin.
1 Lump of Ice.
Stir well and strain into medium size glass. Squeeze orange peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Sunshine No. 1 contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
14.76% alc./vol. (14.76° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

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David Orme

7th October 2024 at 14:50

Superb’ I used Noilly Prat as the dry vermouth very enjoyable. One for the list

Calvin Grant

14th May 2024 at 00:47

Delightfully light and pleasant!

Chris Dimal

26th April 2024 at 17:12

Really simple, but really good! Great botanical, herbaceous vermouth suprisingly combining so well with pineapple and rum.

C.A. Mat

15th May 2023 at 02:27

I didn't find this terribly sweet, but it has a nice velvety mouthfeel, with a lot of vermouth flavor. The rum recedes into the background. Generally a nice easy drink.

Ian Fenton

8th January 2023 at 10:32

I used a fairly low quality gold rum, Dolin and homemade pomegranate syrup and didn’t find it particularly sweet. The vermouth dominated with the pineapple in the background. Certainly easy drinking and went down quickly on a hot night. Maybe could do with some bitters or something (maybe a different garnish?) to add a little bit more dimension.

John Hinojos

15th May 2021 at 00:29

We used half gold rum and half 151 Demerara rum to tone back the sweetness. Still a bit sweet, but wonderful on a warm afternoon.

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