Simple Truth Cocktail Recipe

Simple Truth
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Ingredients:
2 oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum
³⁄₄ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Honey sugar syrup
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
3 fresh	Sage leaves

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated grapefruit slice wheel and sage leaf.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with grapefruit slice and sage leaf.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Rum-laced honeyed pineapple and grapefruit with a hint of bitter liqueur and herbal sage notes.

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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

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G. M. Genovese

8th March at 20:13

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

8th March at 20:16

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

John Hinojos

18th December 2022 at 00:41

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

20th September 2022 at 13:59

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

2nd February 2022 at 18:49

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.

Nicholas Crouse

21st February 2022 at 20:20

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.

Simon Difford

2nd February 2022 at 19:16

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

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