Submarine Kiss

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (7 ratings)

Serve in a Flute glass

Ingredients:
13 oz Crème Yvette liqueur
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
14 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Flute glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. POUR liqueur into base of chilled glass.
  4. SHAKE other ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  5. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  6. Carefully FINE STRAIN into the liqueur-primed glass so contents of shaker float over liqueur.
  7. Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Looks stunning and gives the drinker the option to sip or swirl to mix the sweet liqueur base into the body of the drink.

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History:

This cocktail is mentioned in O. O. McIntyre's New-York-Day-By-Day column in The Washington Herald on the 24th November 1915, "Sailors who come to Broadway for a touch of high life have invented a new drink called the Submarine Kiss." "The liquid combination is a milky white above and purple below and the submarine effect is secured after drinking about three."

Nutrition:

One serving of Submarine Kiss contains 193 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 18.8% alc./vol. (18.8° proof)
  • 20.2 grams of pure alcohol

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6th January 2021 at 06:27
quick question, any idea what this glass is called or where i could purchase it from?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
7th January 2021 at 07:18
We photographed this cocktail 15+ years ago, long before I started recording details of the glasses used. However, I suspect LSA (https://www.lsa-international.com/drinkware/champagne-glasses) but I doubt still available.
Lennon Grimm’s Avatar Lennon Grimm
19th August 2020 at 20:22
Quick question: why is the picture so distinctly red in the bottom, rather than purple or blue?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
20th August 2020 at 07:33
Good question and thanks for bringing to my attention. The answer is that this cocktail should be made with Crème Yvette and not Crème de Violette. I have now corrected the recipe.