# Red Lion

Arthur Tarling’s competition-winning London sour surrounds dry gin and Cognac-based orange liqueur with equal flashes of lemon and orange.

Strength: 27% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Grand Marnier](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grand-marnier.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh orange juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-orange-juice.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Sugar rim — Use a light, even coating of superfine sugar.

## Method

1. Moisten the rim of a chilled coupe with citrus and coat it lightly in superfine sugar.
2. Shake all the liquid ingredients hard with cubed ice, then fine-strain into the prepared coupe.

## Related drinks

- [White Lady](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/white-lady.md): A gin sour pairing fresh lemon with the orange sweetness of triple sec.
- [Yellow Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yellow-daisy.md): Equal gin and dry vermouth meet rich orange liqueur and an absinthe accent in a compact, bracing Savoy relative of the Martini.
- [Breakfast Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/breakfast-martini.md): Fine-cut orange marmalade gives a taut gin sour fragrant peel oils, pithy bitterness, and a texture that no orange liqueur alone can supply.
- [Bramble](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bramble.md): Dick Bradsell's London gin sour, lengthened over crushed ice and streaked with dark blackberry liqueur.
- [Wibble](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/wibble.md): Dry gin and sloe gin share the base of a brisk grapefruit sour, while tiny measures of blackberry liqueur and sugar deepen the hedgerow fruit without turning it jammy.
- [Satan’s Whiskers](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/satans-whiskers.md): The straight Savoy branch splits its gin with both vermouths and fresh orange, then deepens the compact, bittersweet result with Cognac-based Grand Marnier.
- [Monkey Gland](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monkey-gland.md): Gin and fresh orange sharpened by absinthe and grenadine.
- [Paradise](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/paradise.md): A fruit-led gin sour with apricot brandy and fresh orange.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/red-lion
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/red-lion-72c0519d.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.euvs.org/pdf/CROYAL-web.pdf