Garnish:
Grapefruit zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.) |
2 fl oz | Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/2 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
4 drop | Bob's Grapefruit Bitters |
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Review:
Back in the 1940s, in his The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury said of this drink, "One of a few cocktails using grapefruit juice. Not particularly good but not too bad."
Variant:
History:
First published in Patrick Gavin Duffy's 1934 The Official Mixer's Manual.
Blinker
Patrick Gavin Duffy, 1934
1 Jigger Rye Whiskey
1-1/2 Jiggers Grapefruit Juice
1/2 Jigger Grenadine
Shake well with ice and strain into glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Blinker contains 169 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 15.13% alc./vol. (30.26° proof)
- 18.2 grams of pure alcohol
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