Name: Bittersweet Symphony
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Apricot (brandy) liqueur; 15 ml Vodka; 7.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Modern America Cocktail

Garnish:

Apricot slice

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2/3 fl oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
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Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

This vodka-laced rollercoaster ride of bitter and sweet mainly features apricot and grapefruit.

History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2003 by Wayne Collins for Maxxium UK.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bittersweet Symphony contains 135 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.9% alc./vol. (31.8° proof)
14.7 grams of pure alcohol

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