The Nantucket Cocktail is one of those classy alternatives to a frou frou drink. It’s a little bit sweet and fruity, but never in a million years would anyone begin to think of it as a candy drink.
This is one cocktail I find remarkably refreshing. The tartness of the white grapefruit and cranberry juices wakes up your taste buds before the brandy hits.
This is a wonderful drink to sip along and savor.
Recipe
- 2 ounces brandy
- 1 ounce cranberry juice
- 1 ounce white grapefruit juice
Fill a mixing glass halfway with cracked ice and pour all ingredients into it and stir well. Strain the mixture into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Baby Jane says
Is the cranberry ‘juice’ or ‘cocktail juice’? A big! difference
Mixy says
It’s always cranberry cocktail juice in recipes. No store ever had 100% cranberry juice until a few years ago, so all the recipes are written with the assumption you wouldn’t be able to get anything but the cranberry cocktail juice that everyone just calls “cranberry juice.”