Name: What's Up, Doc?
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 45 ml Carrot juice; 15 ml Ginger liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Cinnamon syrup

What's Up, Doc?
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Carrot juice (freshly extracted)
¹⁄₂ oz	Ginger liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Cinnamon Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of baby carrot and mint sprig.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with baby carrot and mint sprig.

Cocktail of the day:

4th April 2025 is International Carrot Day

Review:

Carrot juice gives this drink an orange hue and combines surprisingly well with gin. Extra flavour and spice comes courtesy of ginger liqueur, lemon juice and cinnamon.

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History:

I discovered this drink at The Wayland in Manhattan's East Village. The What's Up, Doc? cocktail became popular across New York City in 2014, with numerous versions using different base spirits such as vodka, rye whiskey and grappa.

"Eh, What's up Doc?" is the catchphrase of Bugs Bunny, the nonchalant cartoon character who stars in the series of animated short films produced by Warner Bros.

Nutrition:

One serving of What's Up, Doc? contains 175 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
12.85% alc./vol. (12.85° proof)
16.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Jill Ghosh

24th November 2021 at 14:22

This is delicious! We are making a large batch to take to our Thanksgiving gathering. We used Bolthouse Farms 100% Carrot Juice. We did up the cinnamon sugar syrup to 1/4 oz. (We made our own cinnamon simple syrup which I think might not be as potent as the store bought, so we needed a bit more.)

Simon Difford

24th November 2021 at 15:12

You're correct. If using homemade 1:1 cinnamon syrup then to match 2:1 commercial syrup you'd need to use one-third more syrup.

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