Blinker

Name: Blinker
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Rye whiskey 50% abv; 2 oz Pink grapefruit juice; 1/2 oz Grenadine syrup; 6 drop Grapefruit bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Classic/vintage · Hall of Fame and must know/try

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Rye whiskey 50% abv

2 oz Pink grapefruit juice

1/2 oz Grenadine syrup

6 drop Grapefruit bitters

2 drop Saline solution 4:1

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
2 Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

5 EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

No alcohol Medium Boozy

Sweet Medium Dry/sour

50.0% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 169 calories

History

In his 1940 book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury described this cocktail as "One of a few cocktails using grapefruit juice. Not particularly good but not too bad." The potential of this drink may be underestimated, depending on factors such as the choice of rye whiskey, the freshness of the grapefruit juice, and especially the use of homemade pomegranate juice grenadine.

This drink was first printed in The Official Mixer's Manual, by Patrick Gavin Duffy, in 1934. Blinker 1 Jigger Rye Whiskey 1-1/2 Jiggers Grapefruit Juice 1/2 Jigger Grenadine Shake well with ice and strain into glass.