Red Swizzle

Name: Red Swizzle
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 dash Aromatic bitters; 22.5 ml Soda water

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin (from freezer)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
³⁄₄ fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water (chilled)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Highball 45cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime slice wheel.

Method

POUR first 4 ingredients into chilled glass.
Two-thirds fill glass with crushed ice and SWIZZLE.
Fill glass with more crushed ice and briefly CHURN.
TOP with soda.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wheel.
Serve with a straw.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Red Swizzle contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.95% alc./vol. (37.91° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe published in Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender's Guide.

RED SWIZZLE
Make the same as Gin Swizzle (see page 43), and add one teaspoon of grenadine. If desired, rum, brandy, or whiskey may be substituted for the gin.

RED SWIZZLE [from page 43]
Into 12 oz. Tom Collins glass put:
Juice 1 Lime
1 Teaspoon Powdered sugar
2 oz. Carbonated Water
Fill glass with shaved ice and stir thoroughly with swizzle stick. Then add:
2 Dashes Bitters
2 oz. Old Mr. Boston Dry Gin
Fill with carbonated water and serve with swizzle stick in glass, allowing individual to do final stirring.
Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender's Guide, 42nd printing April 1968

Review

A Gin Collins made with lime juice, made suited to summer drinking by swizzling with crushed ice.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.72 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 96 cocktails
$13.99 $0.15 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$3.17 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.

Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

Be the first to comment on Red Swizzle.

See more...