Colony

Serve in a Martini glass...
1½	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
¾	fl oz	Freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
¼	fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

Display recipe in:

Freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice image

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Grapefruit zest twist

Comment:

Grapefruit and maraschino balance each other in this gin-based classic.

About:

Created during the Prohibition period at New York's Colony speakeasy, possibly by bartender Marco Hattem. The Colony attracted an upmarket Clientele, including the Vanderbilts and Windsors. The liquor was kept in an elevator which would be sent to either that attic or the basement if federal agents raided.

Previous Cocktail

Cloysters
SHAKE all ingredients with ice & fine strain into chilled glass.

Next Cocktail

Cooperstown
STIR all ingredients (including mint) with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Cocktail shakers & how to shake a cocktail

Shaking not only mixes a drink, it also chills, dilutes and aerates it. Along with stirring shaking is the most common technique employed to mix cocktails.

How to strain a cocktail

When straining a shaken drink, a Hawthorn strainer tends to be used, but when straining a stirred drink it is traditional to use a Julep strainer. Both designs of strainer allow...

Prohibition

America's national Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933 and was supported by groups as diverse as the Christian Women's Temperance Movement and the Ku Klux Klan. Intended to banish...

Spirits / liquors

A spirit or liquor is a strong alcoholic beverage produced by distilling an already alcoholic liquid ('wash') produced by fermentation, most commonly wine or beer.