Paradise (cocktail)

The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a "pre-dinner" drink, an apéritif.

Paradise
IBA official cocktail
TypeCocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
ServedStraight up; without ice
Standard drinkware
Cocktail glass
IBA specified
ingredients
PreparationShake together over ice. Strain into cocktail glass and serve chilled.
TimingAll Day
Paradise recipe at International Bartenders Association

The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock in 1930. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice.[1]

The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film One Way Passage as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell.[2]

On May 27, 2018, Snoop Dogg set the world record for the largest "Gin and Juice", a 500-litre (132 gallon) paradise cocktail that contained 180 bottles of gin, 154 bottles of apricot brandy, and 144 liters (38 gallons) of orange juice.[3]

See also

References
  1. Harry Craddock (1930). The Savoy Cocktail Book. Constable & Company, London. ISBN 1-86205-296-4.
  2. "One Way Passage -- (Movie Clip) Paradise Cocktail". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. "New record: Largest Paradise cocktail". Twitter. Guinness Book of Records. Retrieved 30 May 2018.


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