Name: The Harlem
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 40 ml Pineapple juice; 4 drop Margarita Bitters

The Harlem
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Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Pineapple juice
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Soft and fruity. Be careful: it's more potent than you think.

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Variant:

Milly Martini

History:

Thought to date back to immediately after the Prohibition era, where it is thought to have originated at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City. The Harlem Cocktail first appears in print in the 1934 book Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide and then in Charlie Conolly's The World Famous Cotton Club: 1939 Book of Mixed Drinks.

Harlem Cocktail
1 ½ ounces Gin
¾ ounce Pineapple Juice
¼ ounce Maraschino liqueur
In a shaker muddle two or three pieces of fresh pineapple. Add gin, pineapple juice, Maraschino liqueur and fill with ice. Shake and pour into Old Fashioned glass.
Charlie Conolly, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of The Harlem contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.56% alc./vol. (18.56° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Herbert Brant

22nd August 2023 at 02:18

Very appealing. I was pleasantly surprised how well the gin and pineapple juice counterbalanced each other. Generally, I shy away from pineapple because it can be so overpowering, but in this mix with the gin and maraschino, it works beautifully.

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John Hinojos

21st August 2021 at 23:41

Not what I was expecting. Great afternoon cocktail. It does appear to be easy to drink, but it does have a punch. Like all drinks with pineapple, it can be deceiving. Would do in a warm afternoon, brunch, or as an apertif.

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Simon Difford

23rd February 2023 at 20:33

Hi John. I've just revisited and reformulated, Still very tropical fruit-forward and 'tropical' but more complex.

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Steve Erwood-Heijselaar

21st August 2020 at 16:38

Friday 21 August in 2020 has proven to be a hot one - I'm sat here "sweating like the proverbial glassblower's..." Well, yes, quite. One of my grandmother's expressions I'm afraid. So, nicely matched with a cocktail of similar vintage, perhaps. Didn't make it with the celery gin as recommended in the recipe - mainly because I misread the recipe - but pleasantly surprised by a cocktail that has so clearly stood the test of time.

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