Name: Dovetail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blanco tequila; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 22.5 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Blanco tequila

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dovetail contains 144 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
15.84% alc./vol. (31.67° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Calvin Grant Premium Member 2w

For me this was a sour bud that didn't blossom until it warmed considerably. Held some in reserve , added a bit of Campari, much better ice cold. But that's a different drink I suppose.

Ross Cameron Premium Member 4w

I have been looking for a cocktail to share grapefruit juice duties with my go to Daquiri, the Hemingway. This is it

Martin Pryce 4w

A drop or two of saline bought this altogether for me. Very good, goes down too easily

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6w

I’ve just updated my recipe for this cocktail. For the record, this was the previous version:
45 ml Blanco tequila
15 ml Maraschino liqueur
15 ml Lime juice
30 ml Pink grapefruit juice
2 dash Creole-style bitters

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 12w

We enjoyed this but think that it benefits from a bit of simple syrup (or agave) just to round it out. We added just 2.5ml but maybe 5ml wouldn't be excessive. Our first thought was that it looks like a shy Margarita.

Cliff Marx Premium Member 12w

Following Jame's advice, I added only 3/4 oz. grapefruit juice. This made a very tasty cocktail. Of course, I'll try as written to compare.

Doug Bain Premium Member 12w

Absolutely fantastic. I never would have thought to add Peychaud's to this mix, but it brings it all together.

James Demers 12w

Grapefruit really dominates the flavors in this recipe, and the maraschino can't compensate for the bitterness. I may try cutting the grapefruit by 50%.