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Hoop La!

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Discerning Drinkers (17)
Hoop La! image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
3⁄4 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1⁄2 fl oz Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
3⁄4 fl oz Americano bianco (chilled)
3⁄4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Hoop La! contains 134 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 16.68% alc./vol. (33.36° proof)
  • 14.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

In both Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book and R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, The Frank Sullivan, Hoop La! and Odd McIntyre are different names for the same recipe. Exactly the same recipe also appears in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book and R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, but named "Hey Hey".

However, I've given each of these cocktails its own recipe; this one borrowed from Michael and Zara Madrusan's 2025 The Madrusan Cocktail Companion.

FRANK SULLIVAN COCKTAIL.
¼ Glass Lemon Juice.
¼ Glass Kina Lillet.
¼ Glass Cointreau.
¼ Glass Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

HOOP LA! COCKTAIL
¼ Lemon Juice.
¼ Kina Lillet.
¼ Cointreau.
¼ Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

ODD McINTYRE
¼ Glass Lemon Juice.
¼ Glass Kina Lillet.
¼ Glass Cointreau.
¼ Glass Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Review

Reminiscent of a tart Sidecar with added depth of flavour.

AKA: The Frank Sullivan, Odd McIntyre

Variations/similar cocktails

Hoopla
Hey Hey
Frank Sullivan Cocktail
Odd McIntyre

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Comments & Discussion

Calvin Grant Premium Member
Very pleasing combination of Combier and Cocchi in a Cognac sour. Could definitely do a double... Delicious!
score: 2
Tuber Magnatum Premium Member
I agree, this is an excellent drink and warrants a larger portion size!
score: 2
Calvin Grant Premium Member
Greetings Tuber. If you like margaritas and mezcal check out the Mezcalita...(I was rooting for team Canada).
score: 1
G. M. Genovese Premium Member
Like a Corpse Reviver #2 / Sidecar hybrid (leaning more toward the former) minus the anise note. Good drink, quite fruity... Korbel brandy, Luxardo Triplum, Cocchi Americano.
score: 1
Markus Härnvi Premium Member
I think it benefitted from a few drops of saline solution.
score: 1
Frederic Yarm Premium Member
Also the Hey Hey – it appears 4 times under different names in the Savoy.
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
I've added a link to the Hey Hey under "Variation" above, but I don't see it in the 1930 edition of The Savoy. Do you know when/where the Hey Hey first appears? Have I missed the obvious?
score: 0
Frederic Yarm Premium Member
I guess I misremembered, but it's the same recipe as the other three. The earliest I can find it in my collection is in the 1934 Boothby which is where I must have found it circa 2007. EUVS has it a year earlier in the 1933 Hollywood Cocktails (third printing, they don't have the other two printings scanned in).
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