Name: Deansgate
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 22.5 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 15 ml Lime cordial; 7.5 ml Lime juice

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed) (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Deansgate contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.06% alc./vol. (44.12° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

DEANSGATE
Invented by J. E. (Ted) Player
½ Daiquiri Rum.
¼ Rose's Lime Juice.
¼ Drambuie.
Mix in bar glass., squeeze orange peel on top.

William J. Tarling, Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition, 19337

A cocktail called "Dean's Gate" made with 60ml vodka, 30ml Drambuie, 30ml lime cordial, and 30ml chilled previously occupied this page and existed on our database from the late 1990s and appeared in the first edition of our book.

Comments & Discussion

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Carolyn Rush 30w

Used Myer's rum. Didn't have Drambuie, so substituted homemade Lithuanian Krupnikas, which is pretty sweet, so skipped the lime cordial.

Probably a completely different drink, but really, really good!!!

Steven Jepson Premium Member 30w

I could have sworn I had a bottle of Drambuie but evidently not.
So A bottle of Grand Marnier and a teaspoon of honey had to substitute.

Definitely going to have to add a bottle of Drambuie and retry this .

Murray Henson 32w

According to Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition (1937), this should be made with rum, rather than vodka. Also, the name is supposed to be all one word "Deansgate".

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 32w

Thanks, Murry. The vodka-based recipe and accompanying image are from the late-1990s and I suspect I found it on a London bar's cocktail list. Whoever created this version must have read the Café Royal but used vodka - the go-to spirit in the 90s. I'll make, update and re-photograph with rum.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 32w

Hi Murray. I've just made and updated the recipe above. I cut the lime cordial back with lime juice to balance. The result is reminiscent of a herbal honey daiquiri.