Feather Duster Crusta

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (50 ratings)

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
12 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
34 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
14 oz Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
14 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. RIM glass with sugar (moisten the outside edge with orange juice and dip into sugar).
  3. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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

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 in London, England. It is "quite a light Crusta", hence the name.

Nutrition:

One serving of Feather Duster Crusta contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 14.96% alc./vol. (29.92° proof)
  • 16.9 grams of pure alcohol

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David Orme’s Avatar David Orme
23rd January at 15:47
Wifi and I adore Thais cocktail, nées to try it out on our French Friends
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.
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.
Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
20th October 2022 at 18:21
A lovely balanced sweet-and-sour (with a hint of bitter) taste.
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.