Hand Grenade
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a collins glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish by scoring the skin of a whole lime with a citrus zester.
Method
- 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
Garnish
- 5 Garnish with whole lime with scored skin.
Flavour profile
18.0% alc./vol. · 2.1 standard drinks · 266 calories
History
White spirits are blended, sweetened and melon-flavoured with green melon liqueur.
This recipe is an interpretation of the well-known Hand Grenade cocktail, served at the three Tropical Isle Bars and the Funky Pirate on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, USA. Pam Fortner and Earl Bernhardt established their Tropical Isle bar for the Louisiana World Exposition in 1984. With the bar came its signature melon-flavored Hand Grenade cocktail. Marketed with the trademarked slogan "New Orleans Most Powerful Drink" and, since 1992, served in tall plastic vessels shaped like half-yard hand grenades, this proprietary green melon-flavored cocktail is available via mail order as a pre-mix from tropicalisle.com. The exact recipe used to create this and the cocktails served at the Tropical Isle bars is a closely guarded secret. It should be noted that in the USA, the operators of Tropical Isle hold the trademark for "Hand Grenade," which prevents other establishments, not licensed by Tropical Isle, from selling cocktails under this name.