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Leninade

Long drinks and highballs

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Citrus vodka
1/2 oz Triple sec
3/4 oz Lemon juice
1/3 oz Grenadine syrup
1/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 dash Orange bitters
2 oz Soda water

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and lemon slice.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
  2. 6 Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

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Flavour profile

11.4% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 175 calories

History

Citrus depth is added by undertones of orange to the lemon explosion.

This cocktail is adapted from a recipe created by Dick Bradsell at Fred's bar in London in the late 1980s. His original recipe used 1½ shots citrus vodka, ¼ shot triple sec, 1 shot lemon juice, ¼ shot sugar syrup, and 3 dashes orange bitters, served short and straight-up without grenadine. In July 2013, grenadine was added, and the Leninade was made into a long cocktail, following comments from Discerning Drinkers who suggested the name implied a long, red, vodka-based drink.

Created by Dick Bradsell