No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Young Man's Delight
Measurements in:
Serves:
| 2 fl oz | Blanco tequila |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄3 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 2⁄3 fl oz | Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer |
| 3 1⁄2 fl oz | Thomas Henry Ginger Ale |
How to make
Glassware
Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)
Prepare
- Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of Lemon zest twist and quarter orange slice wheel.
Method
- SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
- DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
- SLOWLY POUR two-thirds of the shaker's contents from a higher-than-normal height into a chilled empty glass (no ice in the glass) while simultaneously pouring ginger beer with your other hand. (The cocktail and ginger ale should form a single stream of liquid falling into the glass.)
- As when pouring a Guinness, to achieve a perfect head, LEAVE TO SETTLE for at least a minute. Ideally, during this settling period, the glass should be placed in a freezer/glass-froster/fridge.
- POUR the final contents of the shaker into the glass. As you do so, the head should rise like a souffle.
Garnish
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
- Garnish with quarter orange slice on rim.
Flavour Profile
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Health & Nutrition
Nutrition:
One serving of Young Man's Delight contains 189 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 8.4% alc./vol. (16.81° proof)
- 18.9 grams of pure alcohol
History
The first known recipe for a Young Man's Delight appears in the second, 1934 edition of G. F. Steele's My New Cocktail Book.
YOUNG MAN'S DELIGHT (Texas or Mexico)
G. F. Steele, My New Cocktail Book, 1934
1/2 pint Tequila
1 Orange
1 Lemon
white of an Egg
Ginger Ale or Mineral Water
Review
A double shot of tequila presented in a wonderfully light cocktail.
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Makes a minimum of 6 cocktails.
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