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Money Penny

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (124)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 fl oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄4 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 drop Grapefruit bitters
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Money Penny contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 19.19% alc./vol. (38.38° proof)
  • 21.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2010 at the Blue Owl in New York City, USA.

Review

Dry gin soured with a splash of fresh grapefruit juice and balanced with the merest touch of sugar.

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Comments & Discussion

Loz Horner
Lovely. Tart, refreshing and actually relative complex. An excellent first use of my grapefruit bitters.
score: 1
MiRiNaeJM
Another tasty grapefruit cocktail.
It's similar to the 'Isla de Piño,' but this recipe uses gin, dry vermouth, and bitters.
I used Beefeater, Cinzano 1757, and orange bitters.
Because I didn't have any grapefruit bitters, I just added some fresh zest to the shaker.
As a result, it turned into an elegant and bright gin cocktail.
I'm not sure if the specific bitters would make better the flavors, but I'll definitely make it again next time.
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
We made this again using Empress Gin 1908 from the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The gin has pea flower in its infusion which makes it a dark purple colour. Made a great cocktail with a pink tinged purple colour.
score: 1
Yorey C
gordons | dolin | bitter truth grapefruit ... tasty but a bit too much bitters unless you're into that
score: 2
Michael Cronin
Oh, very nice! I fresh squeezed some grapefruit to try a few cocktails and this is the fave so far. Used Orange Bitters in the absence of the grapefruit bitters.

“Sometimes the old ways are the best.”
Moneypenny, Skyfall
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
Great cocktail. Not too sweet, but we adjusted the sugar syrup to our grapefruit juice which is tree ripened and very sweet. Nice herbal hints from the gin and vermouth.
score: 2
Andrew Willis
In my confusion of deciding to use the last of my fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, I confused the use of rye in the Texsun with the gin. It ended up being a happy accident, a bit too sugary given the sweetness of the rye (compared to gin!), but not excessively so. Happy accidents, to quote Bob Ross. Then, making this to spec with the gin, it's much more elegant expression of balance between the spirit and the fruit.
score: 3
Debra Metheny
Damn fine drink, damn fine woman! Seriously, refreshing, balanced.
score: 2
Florian Ruf Premium Member
I should have checked the bitterness of the grapefruit juice first, before adding the bitters...
score: 2

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