Name: Grapefruit Rickey
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 20 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 50 ml Soda (club soda) water

Serve in a

Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 2/3 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup
1 2/3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit wedge.
SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.

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Strength & taste guide:

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

Depending on your grapefruit and how successfully you strike the fine balance between sweet and sour, this can be a deliciously refreshing cocktail. Consider serving with breakfast.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Grapefruit Rickey contains 152 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
11.65% alc./vol. (23.3° proof)
15.1 grams of pure alcohol

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