Simple Truth Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Honey sugar syrup
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
3 fresh	Sage leaves

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Pineapple juice

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Honey sugar syrup

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

3 fresh

Sage leaves

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of dehydrated grapefruit slice wheel and sage leaf.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with grapefruit slice and sage leaf.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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:

20.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from the South African Bacardí Legacy winning cocktail created by Nicholas Crouse at Lucky Shaker in Durban.

My drink was inspired by my life philosophy: a good life needs balance. The same goes for a good drink. Each ingredient in my drink represents a different aspect of life. The foundation of it all is passion, which is represented by Bacardí rum; pineapple is the symbol of hospitality. Hard times are represented by grapefruit and bitter liqueur, which give depth and allow you to enjoy the sweetness of honey, the victories in life. The sage is added to remind us that we must stay grounded and down to earth - that is my simple truth.

Nicholas Crouse, 2016

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Damn good drink. I'm curious about the size of the sage leaves used, because they can get pretty large. The video doesn't reveal much. The ones I had were on the small side of medium, so I used 6-8 plus the stem. The sage subtly started to emerge in the aftertaste by the third sip. My point being, more is more. I did use freshly-squeezed white grapefruit juice, taking advantage of its seasonal availability in my area... I couldn't put this one down. Well done.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Hmm... Ruby red grapefruit might be preferable here as well, though the white stuff ain't not the right stuff.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Perfectly balance. A little tropical, but not sweet as some tiki-style cocktails. Sage add a little more herbal nature to the cocktail and the juices help soften everything together.

Jun Ho Cho 3y

Hands down one of the best cocktails I've tried lately. Wonderfully balanced and elegant in every respect. Kudos to Nicholas Crouse for coming up with this recipe.

Raphael Golaz 4y

3/4 fresh pineapple juice freshly press do not provide information about mL. majority of us will not buy a pineapple to extract the juice.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've now fixed to show ml (or oz etc.)

Nicholas Crouse 4y

If you buy 100% fresh pressed pineapple juice it's golden but if you get the reconstituted pulp version I use 1.5 shots of pineapple juice to keep the intensity of flavor and mouth feel.

I hope you enjoyed the drink though.