Are you a Discerning Drinker?
Join thousands of like-minded professionals and cocktail enthusiasts, receive our weekly newsletters and see pages produced by our community for fellow Discerning Drinkers.
Forum
Blinker
Back in the 1940s, in his book The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury said of this cocktail, "One of a few cocktails using grapefruit juice. Not particularly...
Avery Garnett
6th March 2024 at 17:43
Embury got this spot on. It's /fine/, but it's also...well, it's rye and grapefruit and that's it.
13th November 2022 at 01:30
I agree with David Embury. Found the rye gets a bit lost and it was much sweeter than I was expecting. Being that we use tree ripened pink grapefruit, our fruit can be a bit sweeter than those picked a little on the less ripe side. Would maybe reduce the grenadine or increase the rye. Still enjoyed the cocktail.