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Maiden's Blush Cocktail

Harry of Ciro's Maiden's Blush is a tiny gin cocktail tinted with grenadine and absinthe or Oxygenee Cusenier.

sweet · anise · red_fruit · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (2)

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.59) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

0.5 partgin base
0.5 partOxygenee Cusenier or absinthe — Oxygenee Cusenier or Absinthemodifier
1 teaspoonfulGrenadine sweetener
  1. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a very small pink absinthe-seasoned gin branch in the London 1923 field.

The source presents it as a compact shaken cocktail rather than a lengthened pink drink.

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.50) — Absinthe or Oxygenee Cusenier

0.67 partgin base
0.33 partOxygenee Cusenier or absinthe — Oxygenee Cusenier or Absinthemodifier
1 teaspoonfulGrenadine sweetener
  1. Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves one of McElhone's pink absinthe-side aperitif branches in the interwar canon.

See also: Rose Cocktail, Martini Cocktail