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Aegean Sunrise

Name: Aegean Sunrise
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Greek spirit; 30 ml Coconut liqueur; 30 ml Orange juice; 60 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Metaxa 12 Stars
1 fl oz	Malibu Original coconut rum liqueur
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
2 fl oz	Pineapple juice
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered orange slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (sail).

Method

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Slowly POUR grenadine (which will sink to the bottom of the cocktail).

Garnish

Garnish with skewered orange slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Aegean Sunrise contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
7.92% alc./vol. (15.83° proof)
14.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by yours truly in October 2025.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Fruity coconut with a splash of Greek sunshine spirit.

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Comments & Discussion

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Caspian Berggren Premium Member 44w

Maybe it's because I went to Greece just this summer but this really gave me flashbacks to a sunny vacation and lying on a beach with little cares in the world. Is it super complex? No, not at all. Is it a balanced, tropical cocktail that gives you a longing for the summer that just was? YES.