Name: Tom and Cherry
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Old Tom gin; 10 ml Cherry brandy; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur; 10 ml Cherry juice; 5 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 2.5 ml Red bitter liqueur

Tom & Cherry
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Cherry juice
¹⁄₆ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
0.08 oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express orange zest twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

16th July 2025 is National Cherry Day

Review:

Old tom gin with layers of cherry, a hint of bitter-sweetness and a balancing zesty sourness.

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History:

Created in May 2020 by yours truly after our cherry farmer neighbour, Mike, brought a case of his cherry juice round during lockdown. We look over his cherry orchard but prior to this delivery and cocktail, we were not connected to his delicious cherries.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Tom & Cherry contains 136 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
20.32% alc./vol. (20.32° proof)
13.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Miguel Perales

7th July 2023 at 22:52

What a fantastically balanced cocktail. Starts slightly sweet,but then the Campari and grapefruit come in very quickly to add a nice sourness/bitterness. An absolutely great cocktail on a Friday night after a long day at work.

John Hinojos

15th August 2022 at 00:19

This is outstanding. On my favourites. Loved that it is sweet, but not overly. Nice hints of bitter from the various ingredients. Perfect in the afternoon. We did thaw out some frozen cherries and made the juice. Thanks for creating.

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