Blushing Grapefruit Collins Recipe

Susan Palmer | Girl in the Little Red Kitchen

Blushing Grapefruit Collins puts a new spin on the classic Tom Collins. Bitter, sweet, and totally fantastic!

Sometimes I get the feeling that what we end up doing in life was planted in a random and completely unobtrusive way when we were younger. I’m not really surprised that I ended up as a recipe developer or a photographer, since I was surround by both in my home growing up.

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What I’m really talking about is the eventual path to mixology. Anyone can make a cocktail, grab some liquor, mixers, bitters and follow directions. There’s a little more to mixing up new drinks though and I swear it all started by our weekly outings to the local diner. It sounds strange but bear with me for a moment.

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In pretty much any diner that you went to on Long Island, every table was laid out with the exact same paper placemat - pictures of classic cocktails with the ingredients listed below on how to mix them all up.

I was a pretty well behaved kid when we went out to eat, my parents didn’t need to bring toys to keep me entertained, and back in my youth we didn’t have iPhones and every other gadget imaginable. I was lucky to have a gameboy!

Nope, what I did while I waited for breakfast or my burger to come was either color with the provided crayons or read that placemat. Do you know how often we went to the diner? A lot.

I can picture that placemat right now and clearly I feel like it was a deep seated path that I would start mixing up all these cocktails one day for my job!

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By the time I was old enough to have my first drink, I remember my dad handing me a Tom Collins to try, just like one of the classics on the placemat! I didn’t like it much then, but it took time to appreciate the taste of gin.

These days, I’ll have one if it’s offered but I certainly prefer to take the base recipe and shake things up a little bit. The lemon juice has been swapped for ruby red grapefruit juice while they are still in season, and I added just a splash of Campari for color and bitterness.

In general I tend to go towards bitter over sweet with my drinks.

This blushing grapefruit Collins ends up wonderfully refreshing and easy to mix together after a long day at work. Frankly, I think the classic might have been replaced! 

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Blushing Grapefruit Collins Recipe

  1 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
  • 2 ounces Fresh Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
  • 2-3 dashes Aromatic Bitters
  • 1 1/2 ounces Gin
  • 1/2 ounce Campari
  • Club Soda
  • Thyme and Grapefruit Slices, For garnish
  • Ice Cubes

Directions

  1. Add the simple syrup, grapefruit juice and bitters to a Collins glass and stir in the gin and Campari.
  2. Fill with ice and top with club soda.
  3. Garnish with a sprig of thyme and grapefruit slice before serving. 
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Author: Susan Palmer
Recipe Yields: 1 cocktail
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Recipe 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 0
Calories 213

% Daily Value*
0%
Total Fat 0g
0%
  Saturated Fat 0g
0%
Sodium 0mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate 13g
0%
  Dietary Fiber 0g
  Sugars 9g
0%
Protein 0g

* Percent Daily Value are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrition Facts are estimated based on ingredients and data provided by Fat Secret. Please consult a doctor if you have special dietary needs.
Susan Palmer

About Susan

Susan bakes up delicious treats as the Girl in the Little Red Kitchen at home in Brooklyn. She's joined Food Fanatic as a Cocktails and Boozy Desserts Fanatic, and we could not be more excited!

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