Pearl Button

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Cachaça
2⁄3 oz Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄6 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 2⁄3 oz Lemonade
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Half grapefruit slice

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with lemonade.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Cachaça, aromatised wine, and citrus combine in this dry, refreshing drink.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2013 by John Deragon at PDT, New York City, USA. John's original recipe calls for San Pellegrino Limonata in place of lemonade.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Pearl Button contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 12.34% alc./vol. (12.34° proof)
  • 17.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Asher Günther’s Avatar Asher Günther
13th May 2023 at 05:41
Didn't have any lemonade on hand so added +1cl syrup and 1.5cl lemon juice w/ soda water instead. I haven't tried the original to compare, but it came out quite nice & of course has the added benefit of more fresh ingredients and more control over sweetness/acidity.
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Doug Charnock’s Avatar Doug Charnock
30th July 2022 at 01:11
A fine way to end a hot afternoon. Not as fiddley as muddling a Caipirinha and the Lillet adds a nice complexity. I’d probably skip the sugar syrup next time, though.
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