Grenadine

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Jack Rose

Posted Sun, 05/24/2015 - 11:26 by Jon

2 ounces Laird's Applejack
3/4 ounce grenadine, preferably homemade
3/4 ounces fresh squeezed juice from 1 lemon
1 dash Peychaud's bitters
Lemon twist

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Planter's Rum Punch

Posted Sun, 05/24/2015 - 11:24 by Jon

3 ounces dark Jamaican rum
1 ounce simple syrup
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
3 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in a tall glass and fill with crushed ice.

Swizzle with a bar spoon until a frost forms on the outside of the glass.

Garnish with a mint sprig.

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Mimosa

Posted Sun, 04/21/2013 - 12:59 by Jon

1 part champagne (or other sparkling wine)
1 part orange or other citrus fruit juice

Stirred, served in a tall champagne flute and sometimes garnished with a little grenadine or a cherry in the bottom

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Category 5 Hurricane

Posted Fri, 02/10/2012 - 19:16 by Jon

1 part dark rum
1 part rye
1 part cachaca

juice of two limes
heft doses of orange and peychaud's bitters
grenadine (1/2 part)
pama (1/2 part)
campari (1/4 part, optional, to add a bitter note)

Shake, serve in a tall glass or a pilsner glass. Or if you must, in a plastic hand grenade with beads.

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Tequila Sunrise

Posted Sun, 01/16/2011 - 18:16 by Jon

4 parts orange juice
2 parts tequila
1 part grenadine

Pour the tequila and the orange juice into a highball glass with ice cubes, stir.

Slowly pour the grenadine around the inside edge of the glass, it will sink and slowly rise to mix with the other ingredients naturally.

Garnish with the orange slice and cherry.

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The Big Apple

Posted Tue, 11/23/2010 - 20:01 by Jon

2 parts apple cider
1 parts brandy
1 part bourbon
½ part sweet vermouth
½ part lemon juice
dash of bitters

Basically a Manhattan with apple cider standing in for some of the sweetness. Garnish as usual with a cherry and/or an apple slice.

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The Jack Rose

Posted Sat, 02/13/2010 - 15:40 by Jon

3 parts applejack brandy
2 parts lemon or lime juice
2 dashes grenadine

Traditionally shaken into a chilled glass, garnished with a cherry or an apple slice, and served straight up.

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