Cape Codder (cocktail)
Cocktail | |
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Type | Cocktail |
Base spirit | |
Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
Standard garnish | lime slice |
Standard drinkware | Highball glass |
Commonly used ingredients | |
Preparation | Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge. |
The Cape Cod or Cape Codder is a type of cocktail consisting of vodka and cranberry juice. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink.[1] The name refers to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a peninsula and popular tourist destination located in the eastern United States which is famous for growing cranberries.
Ingredients
A Cape Cod is made with vodka and cranberry juice, and may be garnished with a lime wedge. Proportions vary, with sources giving a recommended vodka-to-juice ratio of 1/4,[2][3] 1/3.7,[4] 1/2[5][6] and 1/1.5,[7] while other sources do not recommend precise proportions.[8][9][10] Some sources recommend lime juice instead of a lime wedge garnish.[5]
Related drinks
The Cape Codder is related to a number of other cocktails such as the
Background
This drink was conceived in 1945 by the
See also
References
- ^ "Cape Codder Cocktail Recipe". Liquor.com.
- ^ "Cape Codder drink recipe". idrink.com. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Cape Codder - Put 3 or 4 ice cubes in a highball glass, and add 1 1/2 ounces vodka and 6 ounces cranberry juice cocktail" (House & Garden, volume 139 (1971))
- ^ "The Cape Codder". Food Network. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ a b "Cape Codder". Martha Stewart website. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Cape Codder Recipe". DrinkSwap. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ Colleen Graham. "Cape Codder". about.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Cape Codder". Esquire. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Cape Cod". Drink of the Week. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Cape Codder recipe". Drinks Mixer. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Use Sweet Lychee Liqueur to Mix up a Tasty Red Lotus". The Spruce Eats.
- ^ "Martini, Shot, or Highball...How Will You Take the Purple Haze?". The Spruce Eats.
- ^ "With cranberry juice he adds vodka and a dash of fresh lime and comes up with a "Red Devil Cocktail."" (Ocean Spray's Cranberry Cooperative News: Volumes 6-10 by Cranberry Canners, Inc., 1945)
- ^ "Let the jolly innkeeper refresh you (and your lady) with America's newest cocktail creation— The Cape Codder." (The New Yorker, 1965)