Blue Riband

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (39 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
34 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
34 oz Bols Blue Curaçao
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 4/10

Review:

A sweetened, blue-rinsed, orange and gin Martini.

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History:

The Blue Riband was awarded to the liner that made the fastest Atlantic crossing. This cocktail is thought to have been created on one of these ships.

Nutrition:

One serving of Blue Riband contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 28.23% alc./vol. (28.23° proof)
  • 25.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Aidan Spurrill’s Avatar Aidan Spurrill
31st January 2023 at 05:12
Made it with Beefeater, Bols and Cointreau.
Pleasant enough. Gin and citrus. No big surprises here.
Anton Efimov’s Avatar Anton Efimov
30th January 2022 at 12:40
Terrible. With Marie Breezard.