East 8 Hold-up cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 oz Tito's Vodka
- 1⁄2 oz Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
- 2⁄3 oz Pineapple juice
- 1⁄2 oz Lime juice
- 1⁄4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
- 1⁄6 oz Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
Method
Glass:
Photographed in a Libbey Old Fashioned 11oz
Method:
- Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of pineapple & lime wedges.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of East 8 Hold-up cocktail contains 186 calories
History:
Created in 2010 by Kevin Armstrong at Milk & Honey, London. The name comes from the part of London where Kevin lived, E8, an area where muggings were commonplace.
One night Kevin had just dropped Sam Jeveons off during their taxi ride home and Sam stopped to take a leak. While pissing against a wall with his trousers dropped around his feet, a guy came up behind him, stepped on his trousers and told him to hand over his wallet. Sam ended up chasing the guy with trousers around his ankles. The episode became known as the East 8 Hold Up.
Review:
Vodka-based, fruity and bittersweet with pineapple and passion fruit.
