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Dirty Shirley

Vodka and cherry liqueur shaken with grenadine and topped with ginger ale: pink and fizzy.

Collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Vodka
    30 ml / 1.01 US fl oz
  • Cherry Liqueur
    10 ml / 0.34 US fl oz
  • Grenadine
    5 ml / 0.17 US fl oz
  • Lemon Juice
    7.5 ml / 0.25 US fl oz
  • Ginger Ale
    120 ml / 4.06 US fl ozto top up

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishLemon wheel, Cherry

Make it

  1. Add the vodka, cherry liqueur, grenadine and lemon juice to a shaker with ice and shake for about 10 seconds.
  2. Fill a Collins glass with ice and strain the drink into it.
  3. Top with ginger ale and garnish with a lemon wheel and a cherry.

Behind the drink

It's the grown-up take on the Shirley Temple, the soft drink named for 1930s child star Shirley Temple.

Recipe reference

Amounts per Difford's; the original pours the ginger ale into the shaker, while this strains into an ice-filled glass and tops it up there.

www.diffordsguide.com ↗