Feather Duster Crusta

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
3⁄4 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 oz Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
1⁄4 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of sugar crusted rim & thick lemon zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

In Gregor's own words, "based on the father of the Sidecar, the granddad of the Margarita, Laydeez an' Gennulmen! The Brandy Crusta."

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History:

Created in 2006 by Gregor de Gruyther at Ronnie Scott's, London, England. It is "quite a light Crusta", hence the name.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Feather Duster Crusta contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 14.96% alc./vol. (14.96° proof)
  • 16.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Henry Tran’s Avatar Henry Tran
9th August 2024 at 16:51
Also liked it and a bit too sweet for me as others said. I would reduce grenadine to 2.5ml.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
23rd March 2023 at 01:34
Liked this, but did find it a bit sweet. May be more of a 6 than 7 on the sweetness; however, it could be my pink grapefruit as we live where grapefruit are picked ripe from the tree and a bit sweeter. Did put some ice in the glass. May benefit from a splash of water before shaking. Enjoyed it.
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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
20th October 2022 at 18:21
A lovely balanced sweet-and-sour (with a hint of bitter) taste.
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jason keane’s Avatar jason keane
18th June 2022 at 08:06
Not bad. A little sweet and red. Maybe a bit less grenadine next time and a bit more grapefruit.
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