Name: North Beach Cooler
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Blanco tequila; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 67.5 ml Soda (club soda) water

North Beach Cooler
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 ¹⁄₄ oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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Garnish: Mint sprigs bouquet & lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As the name suggests, this low-alcohol, tequila-laced, bittersweet Cooler is suited to summer drinking. All the better when enjoyed on the beach.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2018 by Priscilla Leonga bartender from Melbourne who won that years Australian Speed Rack competition with this cocktail. The North Beach Cooler is one of more than 100 Speed Rack recipes featured in the 2024 book North Beach Cooler.

Nutrition:

One serving of North Beach Cooler contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
7.49% alc./vol. (7.49° proof)
12.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

27th May at 15:41

Leonga did an incredible job. What a number this is! Slightly earthy, citrusy and vegetal tequila pairs wonderfully with the slight herbaceous vermouth, with fruitiness bolstered by lime and Campari. While it is not a connoisseur's drink perhaps, it is a crowd pleaser in the best way possible. No wonder she won!

Andrea Alexander Gorgazzi

31st August 2024 at 02:14

Nice and light. I don't taste much tequila but the vermouth and Campari come through. Perfect summer sipper

G. M. Genovese

27th July 2024 at 11:36

Huh. Not quite what I'd expected. Not as sweet, and more earthy and bitter. Immediately thought I needed something spicy to eat with this. Tacos or Indian food. I don't know why, but this is calling for coriander and smoky chicken to join it.

Alex S

27th July 2024 at 15:01

Got a Patron Silver on offer today and this seemed like the perfect recipe to try it with. Very nice, just the right level of sweet. I can see why it would be good at the beach.

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