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Summer Spruce UP

Name: Summer Spruce UP
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Orange Curaçao; 25 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Lemon juice

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (12)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar 1920 Alto Coupe 18cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Summer Spruce UP contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.61% alc./vol. (35.22° proof)
16.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in June 2025, as a riff on a Maiden's Prayer by Erik Hygrell, a fellow Discerning Drinker who shared his recipe via a comment on our Maiden's Prayer page.

Review

Gin-laced vibrant orange and lemon.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$33.99 $1.36 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Ferrand Dry Curacao 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$34.99 $0.95 per cocktail Ferrand Dry Curacao image

$2.31 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

This was ok. Four stars seems about right. For me it was missing something. 7.5 ml campari didn't work. Want to try it again, this time with a splash of tonic water and a scoop of Häagen-Dazs Vanilla bean ice cream. Creamsicle anyone?

Stephen Broughall Premium Member 1y

Very drinkable. Looking forward to comparing with Maiden’s Prayer. May experiment with scotch in place of the gin.

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