Name: The Symphony No.2
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Genever - Oude genever; 30 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino); 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

LSA Olivia Champagne Saucer

Garnish:

Pink grapefruit wedge

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/3 fl oz	Rutte Old Simon Genever
1 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Malty notes from the genever shine in this complex and lightly sour cocktail.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2010-15 by Misja Vorstermans in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, originally based on Bols Genever.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Symphony No.2 contains 134 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
13.17% alc./vol. (26.34° proof)
13.8 grams of pure alcohol

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