Pamplemousse Cocktail

My Pamplemousse Cocktail is a wonderful bitter/sweet affair that’s light, zingy, and full of flavour. Mix things up with this supercharged, super-delicious grapefruit cocktail.

I'm always trying new and interesting cocktails at home. I found myself at the liquor store recently eyeing up a bottle of Pamplemousse (Grapefruit) Liqueur. I LOVE grapefruit in all guises, so obviously popped it into the basket.

I love the bitterness of grapefruit, and my favourite grapefruit liqueur has some of that, so I just knew that it would work well with Tanqueray gin. My favourite, the Negroni, has a similar note which inspired me to try some vermouth - The pamplemousse uses dry vermouth instead of sweet, and to pump up the grapefruit flavour, some fresh pink grapefruit juice.

Why it works?

It's a super tart and lightly bitter little tipple. The grapefruit brings all the flavour and sweet tartness you could ask for, but the gin and vermouth bring it back into an adult's only drink and not a soft drink. Truly one of my favourites.

Stuff You'll Need

Here's what you'll need to hunt out to make this delicious refreshing concoction!

• Gin - use your favourite brand. There's a lot to choose from these days - I'm a Tanqueray kind of guy, personally.
• Grapefruit Liqueur - It can be a little tricky to find, but any good booze shop should stock it.
• Dry vermouth
• Fresh grapefruit juice - (pink grapfruit is best as it'll give you a tart sweetness to the cocktail that I love.
• Lemon or grapefruit peel - for garnish.

After a quick shake, it was ready and I must say - absolutely delicious!! I like it with a little lemon or grapefruit peel, which I'll agitate to activate the oils and then rub it around the rim of the glass for a little lemon infusion. It's wonderful!

If you're a fan of not too sweet cocktails that have a tartness, and bitterness then The Pamplemousse will be right up your rue. Santé!!

More cocktails!

If you liked my Pamplemousse cocktail, treat yourself to one or more, or all of my favourite cocktails too.

• The Lucien Gaudin
• Picon Punch
• Hugo Spritz Cocktail
• The Pink Fizz
• The Bangkok G&T
• The Sculaccione Cocktail

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