Blinker (Hawksmoor's Riff)

Blinker (Hawksmoor's Riff) image
Serve in
a Coupe glass...
2 shot Straight rye whiskey
½ shot Freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
3 fresh Raspberries
¼ shot Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
  • Display recipe in:
How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

Comment:

The original Blinker from Patrick Gavin Duffy’s 1934 The Official Mixer’s Manual uses grenadine but Hawksmoor have switched this for a few fresh raspberries and a dash of sugar syrup, turning a good drink into a great cocktail.

Origin:

Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2013 at Hawksmoor, Spitalfields, London, England.

More about this cocktail

SHAKE all ingredients

Cocktail shakers & how to shake a cocktail

Shaking not only mixes a drink, it also chills, dilutes and aerates it. Along with stirring shaking is the most common technique employed to mix cocktails.

strain

How to strain a cocktail

When straining a shaken drink, a Hawthorn strainer tends to be used, but when straining a stirred drink it is traditional to use a Julep strainer. Both designs of strainer allow the liquid to be...

Sugar syrup

Sugar and sugar syrup

Many cocktails benefit from sweetening but granulated sugar does not dissolve easily in cold liquids, particularly alcohol. Hence pre-dissolved sugar syrup (also known as 'simple syrup') is used....

Also enjoy

Algonquin image

Algonquin

MUDDLE pineapple in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

Bee Sting image

Bee Sting

STIR honey with whiskey in base of shaker until honey dissolves. Add tequila and apple juice, SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with a splash of ginger ale

Bensonhurst image

Bensonhurst

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Old Fashioned Cocktail (Difford's recipe) image

Old Fashioned Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

STIR bourbon with three ice cubes (dry to the touch frozen ice, not wet ice) in a glass. ADD rye whiskey, sugar syrup, bitters and two more ice cubes. STIR some more and add another two ice cubes. STIR a bit more, and if you have room, add more ice.

Articles

Rum cocktails image

Rum cocktails

Rum is the most exciting and diverse of spirits categories, offering clear clean light delicate rums through to dark full-bodied pungent estery rums and

Trademarking cocktails image

Trademarking cocktails

Trademarking cocktails is a contentious business. Are you trademarking the name, the recipe, or both? Are you in breach of trademark when you make a drink

Red Lion Cocktail image

Red Lion Cocktail

The Red Lion is one of those cocktails from the 1930s that has proved enduring. Originally promoted by Booth’s Gin and more recently by Grand Marnier,

Beer cocktails or 'Beertails' image

Beer cocktails or 'Beertails'

Into a pint glass doubles of the following are poured: gin, whisky, rum, port and brandy. A small bottle of stout is added, and the whole topped up with

×
  • Welcome to
  • Receive updates packed
    with drinks, bars and
    cocktails content
  • Please confirm you are over 21 years old and enter your email
  • No thanks, continue to diffordsguide.com
CSS revision 1474019063