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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Twelve-Mile Cocktail

McElhone's Twelve-Mile is the mixed-spirit grenadine cocktail of brandy, Bacardi rum, rye, and lemon.

sweet · sour · citrus · oaky · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (1)

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.81) — Tommy Millard / Shanghai

0.17 partlemon juice — Lemon Juiceacid
0.33 partBacardi rum — Bacardi Rumbase
0.17 partbrandy base
0.17 partrye whiskey — Rye Whiskybase
0.17 partGrenadine sweetener
  1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves the late bootleg-era joke family branching outward from the Three Mile Limit line.

See also: Three Mile Limit Cocktail, Scoff-law Cocktail