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Gringo's Blood & Sand

Name: Gringo's Blood and Sand
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Añejo tequila; 22.5 ml Cherry brandy; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 22.5 ml Orange juice

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (21)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Añejo tequila (100% agave)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
³⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

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

Garnish

Express orange zest twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Gringo's Blood & Sand contains 223 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
17.65% alc./vol. (35.29° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in February 2017 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A Blood & Sand made with tequila. A classic Scotch whisky-based Blood & Sand is made with equal parts of all four ingredients, but the cherry brandy, vermouth and orange seem to overwhelm tequila when used in place of Scotch, hence the much higher proportion of spirit in this riff.

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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Loved this cocktail. Had for Mexican Independence Day. Nice hint of the anejo tequila and the herbal from the vermouth. Cherry liqueur adds a nice sweet touch, and the orange rounds out the flavour.
Key with this cocktail is you need to use the best ingredients you can afford. Key to the taste of the final cocktail.

Daniel Scherer 5y

Subbed Pomegranate liqueur for the cherry. Scaled back the vermouth to 1/2 oz. Now tastes less cough-syruppy.