Name: Honolulu Cocktail No. 1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 10 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Pineapple juice; 10 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Honolulu Cocktail No. 1
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge skewered with Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim skewered maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin is hardly Hawaiian, but its botanical bite sits well in this tropically fruity cocktail.

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Variant:

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

HONOLULU COCKTAIL. (No. 1.)
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1 Dash Orange Juice.
1 Dash Pineapple Juice.
1 Dash Lemon Juice.
1 Glass Dry Gin.
A little Powdered Sugar.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

HONOLULU COCKTAIL. (No. 2.)
⅓ Maraschino.
⅓ Gin.
⅓ Bénédictine.
A little Powdered Sugar.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Honolulu Cocktail No. 1 contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
16.03% alc./vol. (16.03° proof)
13.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf

21st May at 13:53

Very good as it is. If one likes something special, I could imagine a spice like muscat or cardamom.

Jose Cruz

12th June 2024 at 04:45

45/15/15/15 ml for me, forget simple syrup, ORGEAT for a way richer cocktail.

Calvin Grant

8th June 2024 at 02:32

Huh, who knew gin and fruit juice could taste so good ! Excellent, complex, subtle. Your choice of gin is like a draw of the cards...check it out. Oh, and by the way I went straight to the double and glad I did 'cause it was gone before I knew it and that's not a gambling metaphor.

Sandip Gohil

18th May 2024 at 02:30

Quite a good drink this. Like others say it has a candy-like lightness to it and the gin, Tanqueray 43% (old school) really comes out. Probably worth trying again with another gin to see how the flavours of that gin are brought forward. The saline also helps bring some flavours out.

Michael Z

23rd December 2023 at 04:27

I quite like it. Tastes like lemon, fruit candy, but not overly sweet.

Chris Dimal

7th May 2024 at 13:34

I feel the same way too. It's the gin's botanicals which makes it like that for me.

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