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Leninade

Name: Leninade
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Citrus vodka; 15 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Grenadine syrup; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters; 60 ml Soda water

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (44)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ketel One Citroen Vodka
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and lemon slice.

Method

SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Leninade contains 175 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
11.42% alc./vol. (22.85° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Dick Bradsell at Fred's bar in London in the late 1980s. His original recipe (1½ shots citrus vodka, ¼ shot triple sec, 1 shot lemon juice, ¼ shot sugar syrup and 3 dashes orange bitters) was served short and straight-up with sugar syrup rather than grenadine.

I added grenadine and made the Leninade a long cocktail in July 2013 due to comments from Discerning Drinkers saying the name was suggestive of a long red vodka-based drink.

More cocktails by Dick Bradsell

Review

Orange undertones add citrus depth to the lemon explosion.

Ketel One Citroen vodka 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$22.99 $1.39 per cocktail Ketel One Citroen vodka image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$21.99 $0.88 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

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 301 cocktails
$14.99 $0.05 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$2.59 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Graeme McPherson 42w

What a gorgeous spring / summer drink this is!
Very well balanced and just a delight. Very more-ish.
I used a homemade grenadine so like Diego's review below my drink colour was more a sophisticated pink than the bright red in the picture.

Ruth Harvey 1y

Reminds me of a favorite cocktail of ours, the lemon drop. Less boozy and more refreshing. 🍋❤️

Diego Torricelli 2y

I failed to get that bright red hue showed in the photo, maybe it's because of my choice of grenadine. Nice cocktail nonetheless.

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