Name: Floradora
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 22.5 ml Raspberry liqueur; 60 ml Ginger ale

Ingredients

1 3/4 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

3/4 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

3/4 fl oz

Giffard Crème de Framboise

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of raspberry and lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger ale.

Garnish

Garnish with raspberry and lime wedge.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Floradora contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
11.78% alc./vol. (23.56° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Dating from the turn of the 20th century, this drink is eponymously named after a successful Edwardian musical comedy that originally opened in London in 1899 and then on Broadway the following year. The show was famous for its chorus line of Florodora Girls, a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols [who] swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning."

This cocktail may be named after the Florodora Girls (spelt with three 'o's and one 'a'), but it notably features in Jacques Straub's 1913 Manual of Mixed Drinks as Floradora (spelt with two 'o's and two 'a's) so that's how I've spelt it here.

FLORADORA COOLER
Juice of ½ a Lime.
¼ Jigger Raspberry.
¼ Jigger Dry Gin.
1 Lump cube ice.
1 Pint Schweppes Ginger Ale.

Jacques Straub, 1913

Comments & Discussion

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D King 47w

Way too sweet for me. It would prob be better with just straight up tonic or soda water.

Avery Garnett 49w

If you'd like a fruity gin highball, this is completely fine. That's all I have to say about it.

J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails 4y

Sampled with St George Raspberry Liqueur, Plymouth Gin and Fever Tree. Surprised Simon only gave this four stars. Wonderful!

Sandip Gohil 5y

Had this at Old Street Records and loved it. Made it first time myself and tastes great. I've used fever tree ginger ale rather than beer and am not sure if the difference, but tastes nice and balanced