Cocktail recipe

Paloma

Glass
Highball
Method
Built
Served
On ice
Garnish
Grapefruit wedge
Base
Tequila
Paloma in a highball glass

Ingredients

  • Tequila50 ml
  • Lime juice5 ml
  • Grapefruit soda100 ml
  • SaltPinch

Method

Build over ice with a pinch of salt and top with grapefruit soda.

Flavour profile

StrengthLight
LightBoozy
Sweet to sourLeans dry or sour
SweetSour or dry

Worked out from the ingredients and their proportions, after dilution: about 10.7% alcohol by volume. An estimate, not a lab reading.

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