Name: Blinker (Hawksmoor's Riff)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 fresh Raspberries; 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

3 fresh

Raspberries

2 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients.

SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

23.7 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Susie Bright Premium Member 35w

How do I love this cocktail! I was making Ted Haigh’s version in the past, where he uses raspberry syrup and a some slight variations in the ratios, but this is MY FAVE as of today. I live in “berry-growing” country and fresh raspberries, as well as fresh grapefruits, are easy to pick. Go ahead, move to California!

Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

This time I made it with Sazerac rye. Although I like this brand I find it too dominant for this cocktail and it was necessary to adjust the other ingredients.

Elise 2y

I like the flavours but accidentally put double grapefruit, bit too sour so I ended up just throwing it into a collins and adding cranberry juice to make a long drink. Beautiful.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Just tried this twice. The second shake, with great grenadine, leaves this tasting a little too much like a Jack Rose somehow... Had no berries on site, so I subbed with creme de mure for the first shake, and that's where it's at. It's not perfect, but much more characterful.

Yorey C 2y

not enough raspberry! :) made with kirkland irish

Yorey C 2y

is there a point in not muddling the berries?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Agreed. Better if raspberries are muddled. I've added this to the method above.

Robert Blumstein 2y

Should this recipe call for muddling the raspberries? I noticed it wasn't mentioned and figured the ice would do the trick, but when I cleaned out the shaker it looked like they froze solid and didn't release all their juice.

Landon Brown 2y

Yes, I think muddling the raspberries is the only way you're going to get much of their flavour into the cocktail. I can't recall a shaken drink that calls for berries without muddling them first. I made this the other night using a raspberry syrup (was OKAY), which is a better option if you have it available.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Flavourful. Slightly boozy. Medium dry with bursts of various tastes. Would recommend.

Jeremy Harrold 5y

I didn’t have any raspberries to hand so I used a generous bar spoon of Raspberry Jam and a splash of sugar syrup. The Rye whiskey ‘just’ cuts through the grapefruit and jam get together to prove it’s there. Very good.