The Rio Grande is one of the oldest tequila cocktails and can surprise as a Martini variant.
25 ml Antica Torino rosso 25 ml Finsbury 47 Gin 25 ml Don Montes blanco Tequila
Preparation: 3 ice cubes, stirred for 15 seconds (45 times).
It was not only the recipe for the Twentieth Century that first appeared in William J. Tarling’s book ‘Cadé Royal Cocktail Book’, published in London in 1937. It also contains the Rio Grande, a kind of Martini Cocktail made with gin, tequila and vermouth. Unfortunately, not much more is mentioned and the drink led a shadowy existence after this first publication. It was not included in other recipe collections. There is another recipe called Rio Grande from 1938, but that is something else.
Nevertheless, you should try the Rio Grande. We like it.
Historical Recipes
1937 William J. tarling: Café Royal Cocktail Book. Rio Grande.
1/3 Italian Vermouth. 1/3 Gin. 1/3 Tequila. Shake.
1938 Bud Caroll: Popular Drinks of Today. Seite 20. Rio Grande.
Tequila . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 jigger Lime . . . . . . . . . . . . . juice of 1/2 . Gallino . . . . . . . . . . . 1/3 jigger Shake well with chopped ice. Strain into large cock- tail glass. Serve with piece of pineapple.
25 ml Antica Torino rosso
25 ml Finsbury 47 Gin
25 ml Don Montes blanco Tequila
Preparation: 3 ice cubes, stirred for 15 seconds (45 times).
It was not only the recipe for the Twentieth Century that first appeared in William J. Tarling’s book ‘Cadé Royal Cocktail Book’, published in London in 1937. It also contains the Rio Grande, a kind of Martini Cocktail made with gin, tequila and vermouth. Unfortunately, not much more is mentioned and the drink led a shadowy existence after this first publication. It was not included in other recipe collections. There is another recipe called Rio Grande from 1938, but that is something else.
Nevertheless, you should try the Rio Grande. We like it.
Historical Recipes
1937 William J. tarling: Café Royal Cocktail Book. Rio Grande.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
1/3 Gin.
1/3 Tequila.
Shake.
1938 Bud Caroll: Popular Drinks of Today. Seite 20. Rio Grande.
Tequila . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 jigger Lime . . . . . . . . . . . . . juice of 1/2
. Gallino . . . . . . . . . . . 1/3 jigger
Shake well with chopped ice. Strain into large cock-
tail glass. Serve with piece of pineapple.
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