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Gloom Chaser (Savoy)

Name: Gloom Chaser (Savoy)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Grand Marnier; 25 ml Triple sec; 25 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Grenadine syrup

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Serves:

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Ingredients
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
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 Gloom Chaser (Savoy) contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.3% alc./vol. (34.6° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

GLOOM CHASER COCKTAIL.
¼ Lemon Juice.
¼ Grenadine.
¼ Grand Marnier.
¼ Curaçao.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Review

A sunny coloured drink for happy souls. And sweet orange and pomegranate soured with lemon would make anyone happy.

Variations/similar cocktails

Gloom Chaser (David Embury's recipe)

Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge 375ml - makes 15 cocktails
$16.99 $1.13 per cocktail Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 15 cocktails
$21.99 $1.47 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

$2.80 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 15 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Caitlin Eisner Premium Member 41w

Surely this should be closer to sweet on the sweet/dry scale than it currently is.

Dan Hunter Premium Member 2y

One sip and I fell better already. I wonder how far I can chase the gloom away…let’s try.

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