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Ink Street

Name: Ink Street
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
1 1/4 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Ink Street contains 128 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
14.89% alc./vol. (29.78° proof)
14.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

"Ink Street" was a common nickname for London's Fleet Street, which, from the 16th to the late 20th century, was the centre of the UK's newspaper industry. The largest-circulation national papers, including The Times, Daily Telegraph, and Daily Express, were headquartered, and their editions were printed on the street. The phrase "Fleet Street" became and still is shorthand for the British press.

The Ink Street cocktail first appears in Harry MacElhone's 1922 book ABC of Mixing Cocktails. This recipe adapted from MacElhone's 1923 book "Harry" of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails.

Ink Street Cocktail.
⅓ Rye Whisky, ⅓ Orange Juice, ⅓ Lemon Juice.
Shake well, then strain into chilled glass.
(Ink Street, otherwise known as Fleet Street the centre of the Newspaper World.)
Harry MacElhone, "Harry" of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails, 1923