The Frio River is a short tributary in South Texas, a land home to many grapefruit trees. The Frio River Cocktail combines fresh grapefruit juice from the distinctively sweet Texas Rio Star grapefruit plus raspberry liqeur, with the traditional Manhattan cocktail. It’s a Texas grapefruit twist on the classic cocktail.
If you wanted a reason to keep raspberry liqueur in the house, now you have one.
Description
A marvelous mixture of bourbon, sweet vermouth and grapefruit juice.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces to 2 ounces of rye or bourbon
- 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
- 1/2 ounce fresh grapefruit juice (Naturally, we prefer Texas grapefruit)
- 1/4 ounce Raspberry liqueur (Chambord, Mathilde Liqueur Framboise)
- 1 dash orange bitters
- 1 maraschino cherry
Instructions
- Shake whiskey, sweet vermouth, grapefruit juice with ice.
- Strain into a prechilled cocktail glass.
- Add orange bitters. Using a bar spoon, drop a cocktail cherry into the drink and enjoy.
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