Grand Marnier Red Lion
Description
Grand Marnier Red Lion is a historic masterpiece cocktail that won the 1933 London cocktail competition. Created by Arthur Tarling, head bartender at Café Royal, it features a complex and sophisticated taste combining premium orange liqueur Grand Marnier with gin and fresh citrus juices. Despite its yellow appearance, the name derives from the red lion logo of Booth's Gin.
Origin
Country of Origin: United Kingdom （1933年）
Created by Arthur Albert Tarling (1902-1974), head bartender at London's Café Royal, who won first prize with this cocktail at the British Empire Cocktail Competition in 1933. The competition was organized by the United Kingdom Bartenders Guild (UKBG), and this cocktail became proof of Tarling's creativity and technical excellence.
Birth Date Meaning
An active person always seeking stimulation and excitement
This cocktail's complex, sophisticated taste and its glorious history of winning the 1933 London cocktail competition represents an active person who constantly pursues new stimulation and excitement
Famous Quotes
- "Invented by A. Tarling 1st prize Cocktail Competition, 1933 (London)" - Billy Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book
Trivia
- Historic cocktail that won Arthur Tarling first prize at the 1933 London cocktail competition
- Created by Tarling, who was head bartender at Café Royal in London
- Named 'Red Lion' despite its yellow appearance, after the red lion logo of Booth's Gin
- In 1837, King William IV granted royal warrant to Booth's Gin, making the red lion its symbol
- Perfect balance of Grand Marnier and gin creates a sophisticated adult taste with harmonized sweetness and bitterness
Recipe
Ingredients:
- London Dry Gin - 30 ml
- Grand Marnier - 30 ml
- Orange Juice - 15 ml
- Lemon Juice - 15 ml
- Sugar - 適量
Instructions:
- Chill cocktail glass in refrigerator
- Moisten glass rim with lemon
- Spread sugar on a plate and coat the glass rim with sugar
- Add ice, gin, Grand Marnier, orange juice, and lemon juice to shaker
- Shake vigorously to mix ingredients well
- Strain into chilled cocktail glass
- Optionally express orange peel over drink for aroma and serve