Name: Bloody Caesar
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 120 ml Clamato juice; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7 drop Hot pepper sauce; 3 dash Worcestershire sauce; 2 pinch Celery salt; 2 grind Black pepper

Bloody Caesar
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Ketel One Vodka
4 oz	Clamato juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
7 drop	Hot pepper sauce (red vinegar-based e.g. Tabasco)
3 dash	Worcestershire sauce
2 pinch	Celery salt
2 grind	Black pepper

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Garnish: Pickled bean

How to make:

ROLL rather than shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Worcestershire sauce - Cereals containing gluten
Worcestershire sauce - Fish
Celery salt - Celery

Cocktail of the day:

1st July 2025 is Canada Day

Review:

A peculiarly Canadian fishy twist on the classic Bloody Mary.

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History:

Virtually every bar in Canada can make you a Bloody Caesar, it's pretty much Canada's national drink. It may seem odd that a drink invented in Canada took the name of Rome's most famous emperor, but though its origins are Canadian its inspiration is very much Italian.

Charged with inventing a signature drink to celebrate the opening of Marco's Italian restaurant at the Calgary Inn in 1969, Walter Chell was inspired by the flavours of Spaghetti Vongole (spaghetti with clams) and named his new cocktail after the Roman emperor.

The typical finish to what Canadians simply call a Caesar is to wet the rim with lemon juice and then dip the glass in celery salt. However, the Caesar actually lends itself to an array of garnishes. Celery and a lime wedge are more traditional, but since the Caesar has become so popular, restaurants and bars have felt the need to customise the garnish to make their version unique, adopting anything from olives and peppers to pickled asparagus and shrimp. Some drinks end up looking more like an appetiser! I've gone for the elegant and deliciously crunchy green bean to garnish ours.

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Juniper Lately

2nd November 2024 at 21:04

Speaking of hangovers, my dad and his brothers, following a night of too many caesars and too much beer, would frequently begin the day with a red eye made with… beer and Clamato juice! 🤢