Watermelon Man

Name: Watermelon Man
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 30 ml Watermelon liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Watermelon syrup; 60 ml Lemon-lime soda

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 fl oz	Giffard Watermelon liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Monin Watermelon Syrup
2 fl oz	Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Watermelon Man contains 255 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
12.25% alc./vol. (24.51° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Named after the eponymous track on Herbie Hancock's debut album Takin Off, this cocktail was popularised by a famous club night promoter called Cookie in Berlin during the mid-1990s. He started serving this cocktail at his weekly roving club nights and this led to its being served in practically every bar in Berlin for years after. When asked by how he had come up with the cocktail, Cookie replied: "Because when it's late, people who drink beer become boring. They need something stronger and sweeter, like love itself!"

Review

Sweet and far from sophisticated, but better than the fodder peddled at most clubs.

Variations/similar cocktails

Substitute grenade in place of watermelon syrup.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.60 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Monin Watermelon Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Watermelon Syrup (US) image

$1.90 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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