Grand Stand

Difford’s Guide

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Cognac (brandy)
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
12 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

No one ingredient is grandstanding in this classic brandy and gin-based, maraschino-influenced sour.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

GRAND STAND
1 Dash Fresh Lime Juice
⅓ Booth's Dry Gin
⅓ Maraschino
⅓ Hennessay's Brandy

R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

Nutrition:

One serving of Grand Stand contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 22.57% alc./vol. (45.15° proof)
  • 21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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