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This drink is deliciously different. Rum, grapefruit, and pomegranate are smoothed with egg white and spiced with nutmeg
Milan Djordjevic
7th August 2024 at 21:36
Very drinkable and light for my taste, but all the ingredients are recognizable, which is very nice. Grated nutmeg completes the story and makes an important contribution. I made this with Havana Club 3 rum and it was nice. Next time, I would like to increase the rum to 60 ml, maybe 15 ml grapefruit juice, and 7.5 ml grenadine syrup without sugar syrup.
25th July 2024 at 00:18
I made this with a funkier Barbados rum and it was good. I also tried diplomatico white, a less funkier, and I think the less funkier version made the better drink.
18th June 2024 at 00:09
It's not bad. It just needs very distinct brands/varieties to make it sing? Bacardi and pink grapefruit was good... I don't know. It's a little different. Almost like a tiki-daiquiri hybrid, but not really? Interesting enough to revisit. (17 Jun 2024, 8:07p)
11th January 2023 at 02:45
Delightful cocktail. The flavours of the grapefruit and nutmeg enliven the rum. Very easy to drink and perfect with a strong flavored drink or on an afternoon.
23rd April 2022 at 20:48
Pretty good! Next time perhaps some malibu and more home made grenadine for the home run. Drinks like a tiki cocktail.
4th April 2022 at 10:19
As pink grapefruit was only discovered/commercialised in 1930 perhaps this drink was made originally with yellow grapefruit? Or maybe it's an example of 'the latest trendy fruit' cocktail of its day? Combined with the popularity of the 'grapefruit diet' of the time (a sort of starvation diet that would not be recommended today, but endorsed by Hollywood celebrities and featuring in various period films) perhaps this explains an uptick in cocktails with grapefruit around this period.
28th July 2022 at 23:40
Actually it was the Ruby Red marketed in 1930. According to Wikipedia:
An early pioneer in the American citrus industry was Kimball Atwood, a wealthy entrepreneur who founded the Atwood Grapefruit Company in the late 19th century. The Atwood Grove became the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with a yearly output of 80,000 boxes of fruit. There, pink grapefruit was first discovered in 1906.
An early pioneer in the American citrus industry was Kimball Atwood, a wealthy entrepreneur who founded the Atwood Grapefruit Company in the late 19th century. The Atwood Grove became the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with a yearly output of 80,000 boxes of fruit. There, pink grapefruit was first discovered in 1906.
4th April 2022 at 12:00
Thanks, Ben. Good to add perspective. Sadly, Cocktail Bill didn't specify grapefruit colour. My preference is for pink, hence my specifying in the recipe above.
24th February 2022 at 10:50
For those curious - I believe this originates from the 1934 edition of 'The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them' by Bill Boothby. It's not in the 1908 edition, but may feature in the 1930 revision (which I don't have access to).
3rd April 2022 at 08:35
Many thanks, James. I've added a link on our vintage cocktail books page and amended the quote above.
3rd April 2022 at 07:46
On the EUVS archive the title ‘Swallows’ by Boothby actually appears to be the 1930 version of ‘World Drinks And How To Mix Them’. The Hollywood is there at page 47.