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Floradora in a highball, drawn with its ingredient layers

Floradora

The Floradora is a shaken gin cocktail, made with gin, lime juice, raspberry syrup and more, served in a highball over ice. It is citrusy and sparkling.

Strength: about 9.5% ABV in the glass, roughly 19 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

A gin buck named after Florodora, the Broadway musical of 1900, and printed in Jacques Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks in 1913.

Ingredients

Gin60 ml (2 oz)
Lime juice30 ml (1 oz)
Raspberry syrup15 ml (½ oz)
Ginger beertop up, about 90 ml

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Add everything to a shaker and fill with ice.
  2. Shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
  3. Strain over fresh ice in a highball.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel and a raspberry.
Glass
Highball
Ice
Cubed
Garnish
Lime wheel and a raspberry
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