The recipe

How to make it

Variations: Some bartenders use blood orange juice, or cut back the vermouth and cherry liqueur.

The Savoy gives a quarter of each; the amounts are scaled to a 3 oz drink. Its “cherry brandy” is a sweet cherry liqueur, not kirsch.

The ratio

1 : 1 : 1 : 1

In parts, a Blood and Sand is 1 Scotch, 1 cherry, 1 vermouth and 1 orange. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Scotch · 1Cherry · 1Vermouth · 1Orange · 1

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Scotch → Gin

Satan’s Whiskers

2 : 2 : 2 : 2 : 1

Scotch → Gin

Paradise

2 : 1¼ : 1

Scotch → Vodka

Passion Fruit Martini

1 : ½ : 1 : ¼

Scotch → Gin

Monkey Gland

3 : 3 : 1 : 1

Appletini — Vodka and sour apple schnapps with a splash of sweet-and-sour: neon green, sweet and tart.
French Martini — Vodka, raspberry liqueur and pineapple. Fruity and easy, with a froth from the pineapple.
Hotel Nacional Special — Gold rum and fresh pineapple juice in equal parts with lime and a spoon of apricot brandy, shaken: a soft, fruity Havana daiquiri.
Mary Pickford — White rum and pineapple with maraschino and a little grenadine: pink, fruity and light.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 155

Sugar

≈ 12 g

Strength

≈ 13%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.1

Cherry liqueur ≈ 62Blended Scotch ≈ 50Sweet vermouth ≈ 33Orange juice ≈ 11 How we estimate