Dear Diary,
Grace and I decided to treat our selves the other night and go out to the flicks. We couldn’t resist seeing that new comedy film “Whiskey Galore” starring Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood and Catherine Lacey.
The film was based on an event in 1941, when the S/S Politician sank just off shore of the Outer Hebrides carrying 250,000 bottles of whiskey. It makes a nice change to watch a true story from the War that doesn’t involve battle scenes. Grace and I do love to spot the mistakes at the movies; the local whiskey looters couldn’t possibly have kept their rowing boats afloat carrying so many crates of whiskey bottles. Ooh! How we laughed!
Grace and I fancied a wee tipple after the cinema. So we popped into the nearest pub lounge and ordered a whiskey cocktail. The landlady very kindly gave us the recipe.
This tall, dry, refreshing cocktail combines grapefruit, gin and honey. It is based on a recipe in Esquire’s ‘Handbook for Hosts’ (1949).
Ingredients
Two shots of Gin
Two spoons of Honey
Two shots of grapefruit juice
Top up with Club Soda
Garnish with a slice of lemon
First dissolve a couple of spoons of runny honey with gin in the base of the shaker.
Add freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and shake with ice for a few seconds. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Top up with soda water and add a slice of lemon in the drink to garnish.
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