Name: Atta Boy
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 1.25 ml Grenadine syrup

Atta Boy
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
0.04 oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The orange zest twist makes or breaks this classic, which when properly balanced lets the gin shine supported by herbal vermouth and delicate sweet pomegranate notes.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

ATTA BOY COCKTAIL.
⅓ French Vermouth.
⅔ Dry Gin.
4 Dashes Grenadine.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Atta Boy contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.99% alc./vol. (25.99° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Keith Adair

22nd November 2024 at 16:26

Sharp and not too sweet, very enjoyable

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G. M. Genovese

21st December 2023 at 06:02

Man, did I think this was a pointless cocktail, clearly because of the grenadine measure. But if you make this with Jeffrey Morgenthaler's grenadine recipe (just made a fresh batch), not too shabby. (21 Dec 2023, 1:02a)

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John Hinojos

19th August 2023 at 00:24

This is great. Allows all the herbal flavours of the gin to shine with the grenadine adding a little fruit sweetness. We made our own grenadine so it is not as sweet as many commercial brands.

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dan huff

1st January 2022 at 04:35

Nice variation on a martini. The grenadine smooths out the cocktail. Gin forward - make sure you use a high quality gin.

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Alistair MCFADYEN

23rd January 2021 at 19:31

I think probably my zest wasn't very zesty/oily. I did think the grenadine overpowered even with 2 zests, so added a slice, which helped a bit. I wonder about trying next time with less grenadine... would that work?

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