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Non-alcoholic · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge is a nonalcoholic orange-and-Grenadine soda.

Served in Lemonade-glass. Ice: Ice.

Variants (2)

Louis' Mixed Drinks with Hints for the Care & Serving of Wines by Louis Muckensturm (1906, p.97)

0.5 orangeorange juice — Orange juicebase
club soda — Club sodadilution
2 piecesice — Iceother
0.5 bar-glassGrenadine — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Pour the orange juice and Grenadine into a lemonade-glass with a couple of pieces of ice, fill with Club soda, and serve.

Ice: Ice

Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo R. Ensslin (1917, p.25) — Ensslin 1917

0.5 drinkOrange gin — Orange Ginbase
0.5 drinkapricot brandy — Apricot Brandymodifier
3 dashesGrenadine syrup — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Stir well in a mixing glass with cracked ice.
  2. Strain and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

This matters because it preserves another orange-gin branch, but one pushed toward apricot and grenadine rather than bitter-wine aperitif logic.

Despite the sweet modifiers, the drink remains a compact chilled cocktail rather than a juice drink.

See also: Jackson Cocktail, Paradise Cocktail