Dirty Shirley

Name: Dirty Shirley
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 30 ml Grenadine; 15 ml Lime Juice; 1 ea Top Up With Sprite Or Ginger Ale

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By Kristian Grundström

Submitted on: May 22, 2022

Refreshing

Seasonal

I was sent a link and promptly ordered to make some Dirty Shirleys prior to a visit from a couple of friends. The link was to ELLE Magazine (the Swedish site) and they reference a NY Times article calling this the drink of the summer of 2022 so why not try it out. It’s definitely a crowd pleaser which you build directly in the glass (yeah, you would want to stir it before drinking it or get a sugar rush from the grenadine.) It’s a very pleasant and refreshing cocktail and very suitable for a ho...

Ingredients

60 ml
Vodka

30 ml
Grenadine

15 ml
Lime Juice

1 ea
Top Up With Sprite Or Ginger Ale

Instructions

Garnish

Maraschino cherry wrapped in lime peel

Build

Build In Glass

Glass

By Kristian Grundström

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I really enjoy making cocktails! Finding great flavour combinations and eye-pleasing drinks is truly satisfying.

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Pour vodka, lime juice and grenadine in glass then fill up with either ginger ale or Sprite then garnish with a maraschino cherry or two on a skewer. I wrapped some lime peel as well.

Editor's Note

A modern take on the childhood classic. Vodka adds a clean bite to the syrupy sweetness of grenadine, while lime juice cuts through the sugar for a refreshing summer highball.