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Weekly Special

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (29)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 fl oz Kummel liqueur
1⁄2 fl oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 fl oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Weekly Special contains 157 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 18.68% alc./vol. (37.35° proof)
  • 18 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe first published in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book.

WEEKLY SPECIAL
1/3 Grapefruit Juice.
1/3 Gin.
1/6 Maraschino.
1/6 Wolfschmidt Kummel.
Shake and serve with a cherry.

William James Tarling, 1937

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Review

Not far removed from an Aviation. Depending on your grapefruit juice, this particular "Special" may be very slightly on the sweet side, but it's fantastically aromatic. If you find it too sweet, then slightly up the grapefruit juice.

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Comments & Discussion

Erik Lindgren
I felt this was a bit too sweet, but after I added a pinch of citric acid it was fantastic. Maybe they liked their cocktails sweeter back then? Used a homemade kümmel.
score: 1
Florian Ruf Premium Member
Maybe our grapefruit are especially bitter, so I added a good barspoon of Luxardo cherry syrup and reduced the Luxardo a tiny bit.
score: 1
Jeff Newcastle
Delicious…. I think I’ll have another. I would say this is a 3 to 4 on the sweetness scale
score: 1
chitranjan sharma
Nice one plz share some more cocktail with kummel liqueurs
score: 2
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
If you click on “Mentzendorff Kummel” in the recipe above, this will take you to a page with link: "View 19 cocktails with Kummel liqueur". Alternatively, use the search box to find the "Kummel cocktails" page.
score: 2
Tom W
There are now 22 Kummel cocktails
score: 1

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