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Blinker (Hawksmoor's Riff)
The original Blinker from Patrick Gavin Duffy's 1934 The Official Mixer's Manual uses grenadine but the folk at Hawksmoor have switched this for a few...
Florian Ruf
7th December 2024 at 14:58
This time I made it with Sazerac rye. Although I like this brand I find it too dominant for this cocktail and it was necessary to adjust the other ingredients.
5th September 2024 at 07:02
I like the flavours but accidentally put double grapefruit, bit too sour so I ended up just throwing it into a collins and adding cranberry juice to make a long drink. Beautiful.
1st August 2024 at 10:04
Just tried this twice. The second shake, with great grenadine, leaves this tasting a little too much like a Jack Rose somehow... Had no berries on site, so I subbed with creme de mure for the first shake, and that's where it's at. It's not perfect, but much more characterful.
27th July 2024 at 01:32
not enough raspberry! :) made with kirkland irish
26th July 2024 at 21:32
is there a point in not muddling the berries?
27th July 2024 at 14:32
Agreed. Better if raspberries are muddled. I've added this to the method above.
19th November 2023 at 01:52
Should this recipe call for muddling the raspberries? I noticed it wasn't mentioned and figured the ice would do the trick, but when I cleaned out the shaker it looked like they froze solid and didn't release all their juice.
20th November 2023 at 19:34
Yes, I think muddling the raspberries is the only way you're going to get much of their flavour into the cocktail. I can't recall a shaken drink that calls for berries without muddling them first. I made this the other night using a raspberry syrup (was OKAY), which is a better option if you have it available.
16th July 2022 at 00:42
Flavourful. Slightly boozy. Medium dry with bursts of various tastes. Would recommend.
23rd April 2021 at 19:16
I didn’t have any raspberries to hand so I used a generous bar spoon of Raspberry Jam and a splash of sugar syrup. The Rye whiskey ‘just’ cuts through the grapefruit and jam get together to prove it’s there. Very good.