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Boxcar recipe
Dry shakenCoupeNo ice18% ABV
The Boxcar is a dry-shaken gin cocktail, made with gin, triple sec, lime juice and more, served in a coupe. It is citrusy.
A 1930s gin sour with orange liqueur and a pink blush of grenadine.
Boxcar ingredients
| Gin | 45 ml (1½ oz) |
| Triple sec | 15 ml (½ oz) |
| Lime juice | 15 ml (½ oz) |
| Grenadine | 5 ml (¼ oz) |
| Egg white | 20 ml (¾ oz) |
How to make a Boxcar
- Shake everything without ice for 10 seconds to whip the egg white.
- Add ice and shake hard again.
- Double strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with sugar rim.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None, served up
- Garnish
- Sugar rim
Boxcar: quick answers
- How strong is a Boxcar?
- About 18% alcohol once the ice has melted in, roughly 19 g of alcohol per drink. That is an estimate: brands and dilution vary.
- How many calories are in a Boxcar?
- About 180 calories per drink, from the alcohol and the sweet and fresh ingredients. An estimate: brands and the amount of sugar change it. Compare every drink in the cocktail calorie chart.
- What glass is a Boxcar served in?
- A coupe, with no ice in the glass.
- How many ingredients does a Boxcar have?
- 5 in total: gin, triple sec, lime juice, grenadine and egg white.
