Name: Knickerbocker Special
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Orange Curaçao; 15 ml Raspberry syrup; 15 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Orange juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Lime juice

Knickerbocker Special
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Raspberry (framboise) sugar syrup
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and pineapple wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and pineapple wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

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.
1 Teaspoon Raspberry Syrup.
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice.
1 Teaspoon Orange Juice.
1 Chunk of Pineapple.
⅔ Rum.
2 Dashes of Curaçao.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Knickerbocker Special contains 213 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
14.71% alc./vol. (29.41° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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