High King

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 fresh Raspberries
1 1⁄3 oz Irish whiskey
1⁄3 oz Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1⁄2 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon wheel & raspberry sail

How to make:

MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker. Add next 6 ingredients (all but soda), SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Berry fruit and citrus gently caressed by mellow Irish whiskey with a splash of enlivening soda.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Joaquín Simón at Pouring Ribbons in New York City, USA.

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Alcohol content:

  • 0.9 standard drinks
  • 12.31% alc./vol. (12.31° proof)
  • 12.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
3rd March at 12:20
We went a bit off the reservation on this one. Having no fresh berries, we substituted 5ml Merlet Creme de Fraise (strawberries not raspberries, we know) and reduced the sugar syrup to 2.5ml. We also substituted lime for the lemon juice. This gave us a characterful and refreshing summer afternoon drink. Next time we might up the volume of Irish whiskey just a tad to see if that offers more depth. A great summer fizz.
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Landon Brown’s Avatar Landon Brown
21st November 2023 at 07:55
Quite an enjoyable drink. I tried this recipe using a raspberry syrup, then did a second one upping the specs to 2 oz whiskey, 3/4 oz of each citrus and 1/2 oz Aperol and raspberry syrup, 2 dashes of Peychaud's. I preferred the second as the whiskey and bitters are a bit more forward.
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Donald Draper’s Avatar Donald Draper
15th October 2021 at 17:44
Fruity and refreshing.
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