Garnish:
Grapefruit zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 3/4 fl oz | Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Italian red bitter liqueur |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
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Review:
Dry, bitter, very refreshing and mouth puckering with grapefruit and gin bittered and coloured by red Italian bitters.
History:
Adapted from a recipe by Henrik Buus Larsen, which in turn is a riff on the Old Friend cocktail.
Nutrition:
One serving of Old Acquaintance contains 165 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 15.98% alc./vol. (31.96° proof)
- 18 grams of pure alcohol
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