Zelli's Special
We were in the mood for gin based cocktails, so to make use of our newly brewed grenadine, we made Zelli's Special from the 12BB book. It's sort of half way between a martini and a sour.
- 2 oz dry gin
- 1/2 oz dry vermouth
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- shells of squeezed lime(s)
- 1 tsp grenadine
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass.
This one was too tart for our tastes. This is likely due to the fact that the 12BB book recommends a much sweeter grenadine (4X more sugar). We bumped the grenadine up to 2 tsp and that seemed to balance it out quite nicely.
Next time, I would also forego shaking the lime shells as I think this imparted a bitterness on the drink. Instead, I would just spray with some lime oil from the rind.