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Knickerbocker Special
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Knickerbocker Special
Photographed in a Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
| 1⁄2 oz | Raspberry (framboise) sugar syrup |
| 1⁄2 oz | Pineapple juice |
| 1⁄2 oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄4 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄4 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Slightly sweet and very fruity with raspberry and pineapple to the fore. Made with freshly prepared homemade raspberry syrup (1½:1) this is particularly delicious.
Variant:
Knickerbocker - rum based with raspberry syrup served over crushed ice.
Knickerbocker Martini - Harry Craddock's gin martini with sweet and dry vermouths.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
KNICKERBOCKER SPECIAL COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930
1 Teaspoon Raspberry Syrup.
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice.
1 Teaspoon Orange Juice.
1 Chunk of Pineapple.
⅔ Rum.
2 Dashes of Curaçao.
Nutrition:
One serving of Knickerbocker Special contains 213 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 14.71% alc./vol. (14.71° proof)
- 17.6 grams of pure alcohol
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