Entries Categorized as 'Grenadine'

  • Strawberry Sunrise: The Strawberry Sunrise is a dessert cocktail.  You can certainly drink it as an aperitif or with a meal or by itself, but if you’ve got a hankering for sweets, this drink will take care of it. No cheesecake necessary. The Creme de Fraises is a very sweet and powerfully flavored strawberry liqueur. Combined with several ounces of orange juice, this drink is almost like a big orange and strawberry smoothie. Definitely a hit with novice drinkers and people who ... READ MORE
  • Peking: The Peking cocktail isn’t very well-known. It’s a moderately strong cocktail served in a martini glass. The Peking got its name from its hint of a mysterious, almost musky flavor that’s hard to place: that’s the Pernod, a liquor flavored with licorice and other herbs. You only use one-fourth of an ounce of it, so it’s not overpowering, but it’s an odd, fascinating flavor – the sort that keeps you sipping until you develop a taste for it. The Peking 2 ounces ... READ MORE
  • Blossom: The Blossom is a very straightforward cocktail with only three ingredients. It’s extremely similar to its cousin, the Orange Blossom, except the ratios change and it always includes grenadine rather than simple syrup. While the Orange Blossom is great for breakfast, because it’s low on alcohol and has four ounces of orange juice, the Blossom is a bit too strong for first thing in the morning. Think of the Blossom as a more serious, grown-up version of the Orange Blossom. Perfect ... READ MORE
  • Tequila Sunrise: The Tequila Sunrise is another orange juice based cocktail, like the Screwdriver,  the Orange Blossom and the Harvey Wallbanger. The long-standing appeal of these drinks is actually the orange juice – it hydrates your body and provides Vitamin C to prevent or reduce hangover effects, but you still get your alcohol kick, too. They’re a great choice to serve guests who are just social drinkers, but they’re equally popular with more dedicated drinkers. The Tequila Sunrise gets its name from the ... READ MORE
  • Orange Blossom: The Orange Blossom is a classic Prohibition-era cocktail. It’s one of those cocktails with the power to make you feel like it’s a sunny day on the beach, wherever you are and whatever the weather’s like. The flavor is orange juice with just a hint of gin. Most recipes call for gomme syrup as the sweetener, but using grenadine instead adds some pomegranate flavor. Most variations on this recipe call for different amounts of the same ingredients, but others use Cointreau ... READ MORE
  • Fourth of July: Whether or not you celebrate U.S. Independence Day today, this is a fun drink. This gorgeous layered shooter cocktail is called the Fourth of July. It’s pictured here with vodka on top, but you can also layer cream on top for a true white effect. (Here’s how to pour a layered cocktail.) The overall flavor of this drink is a blend of pomegranate and orange – fruity, but not too sweet, and agreeable to most people’s palates. You can pour these ... READ MORE
  • Pink Lady: The Pink Lady was popular in the 1950s. It’s pink and fluffy with egg froth on the top, so on first sight you might expect it to be cloyingly sweet, but it’s actually drier than most modern cocktails. The classic recipe just uses gin, grenadine, cream and an egg white, but one of the variations is actually more tasty, so that’s what I’m going to outline here. Pink Lady 1 jigger of gin 1/2 ounce applejack 1/2 ounce lemon juice, preferably fresh 1 egg white 1/5 ... READ MORE