Garnish:
Lemon zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Blended Scotch whisky |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/3 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup |
| 2 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
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Review:
If you use quality pomegranate syrup and have a penchant for Scotch, then you could be pleasantly surprised by this cocktail.
History:
The Crow cocktails first appears in Judge Jr.'s 1927 Here's How! Revised Edition and is repeated in Harry Craddock's influential 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
The Crow
Judge Jr., Here's How! Revised Edition, 1927
This drink is guaranteed to make you fly; like the crow, if you fly too far you will get shot!
⅔ Scotch;
⅓ lemon juice;
A dash of grenadine.
THE CROW COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930
⅓ Whisky.
⅔ Lemon Juice.
1 Dash Grenadine.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Alcohol content:
- 0.9 standard drinks
- 18.89% alc./vol. (37.78° proof)
- 13.2 grams of pure alcohol
Difford's Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
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