Cocktail

Blinker

Chloe Frechette & Punch

Coupe Glass

Ingredients

2 oz

Rye

Use a high-proof, full-flavored rye for best results
3 oz

Grapefruit Juice
1 oz

Housemade Grenadine

Homemade grenadine strongly recommended
1 whole

Grapefruit Twist

twist expressed over drink and dropped in glass

Instructions

Combine rye, grapefruit juice, and grenadine in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until well-chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe. Express a grapefruit twist over the surface of the drink and drop it into the glass to garnish.

About

A classic three-ingredient rye sour dating back to 1934, this proto-Greyhound highball balances the punch of potent rye with tart grapefruit juice and sweet homemade grenadine into something surprisingly refreshing and greater than the sum of its parts.

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