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Young Man's Delight

Name: Young Man's Delight
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Lemon juice; 20 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 105 ml Ginger ale

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Ingredients
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 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

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

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)
1/2 pint Tequila
1 Orange
1 Lemon
white of an Egg
Ginger Ale or Mineral Water
G. F. Steele, My New Cocktail Book, 1934

Review

A double shot of tequila presented in a wonderfully light cocktail.

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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Ginger beer all the way. Kind of delicious. I can see having one of these with a spicy full breakfast.

Richard Forbes Premium Member 1y

Just to confirm, that this is served with no ice in the glass?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Yup. No ice in the glass.

Michael Z 2y

I loved the construction of this drink. The extra chilling after shaking does wonders. Very presentable.