Honey Deuce (Difford's version)
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Honey Deuce (Difford's version)
Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Highball 1920 45cl
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄3 oz | Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight) |
| 2 oz | Thomas Henry Soda Water |
| 1⁄2 oz | Black raspberry liqueur (e.g. Chambord) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
- Prepare garnish of 3 skewered melon balls.
- SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.
- DRIZZLE black raspberry liqueur over cocktail. (This will bleed through cocktail as it sinks.)
- Garnish with skewered melon balls.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
It's the combination of name, tennis tournament and garnish which makes this otherwise very ordinary Vodka Collins sweetened with berry liqueur special.
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Nick Mautone, a highly experienced bartender then working as brand ambassador for Grey Goose Vodka, which had just become vodka sponsor of the United States Tennis Association's Open tennis tournament.
One evening, soon after being tasked with creating the event's official cocktail, he noticed that honeydew melon balls resembled tiny tennis balls, and with a suitable garnish found, his Grey Goose Vodka-based tall fruity cocktail soon followed. Served in collectable plastic cups, during the 2024 US Open, more than 500,000 Honey Deuce cocktails were sold, garnished with 1.5 million melon balls. That's a load of balls!
Nutrition:
One serving of Honey Deuce (Difford's version) contains 179 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 9.41% alc./vol. (9.41° proof)
- 15.1 grams of pure alcohol
- More Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) cocktails
- More Sours (citrus) cocktails
- More Tennis & Wimbledon cocktails
Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
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