# Red Snapper

Gin botanicals drive this later savoury Bloody Mary branch through tomato, lemon, pepper, celery, and measured vinegar heat.

Strength: 12% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 120 ml [Tomato juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/tomato-juice.md) — Use smooth 100% tomato juice rather than a prepared Bloody Mary mix.
- 15 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 7.5 ml [Rich simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/rich-simple-syrup.md) — Use a two-to-one syrup by weight.
- 4 dashes [Worcestershire sauce](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/worcestershire-sauce.md) — Traditional Worcestershire sauce contains fish and may contain gluten.
- 7 drops [Hot sauce](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/hot-sauce.md) — Use a thin, vinegar-forward red-pepper sauce.
- 2 pinches [Black pepper](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/black-pepper.md) — Use freshly ground black pepper.
- 2 pinches [Celery salt](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/celery-salt.md) — Contains celery.

## Glassware

Collins glass

## Garnish

- Salt-and-pepper rim — Coat only the outside half of the rim.

## Method

1. Moisten the outside half of a chilled Collins glass rim with citrus and coat it with equal parts fine salt and cracked black pepper.
2. Roll all ingredients gently with cubed ice between two shaker tins until thoroughly chilled without aggressively aerating the tomato juice.
3. Strain into the prepared glass filled with fresh cubed ice.

## Related drinks

- [Bloody Mary](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bloody-mary.md): A savoury vodka highball balancing tomato and lemon with measured chile heat and Worcestershire depth.
- [Humuhumunukunukuapua'a](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/humuhumunukunukuapua-a.md): Gin, pineapple, lemon, orgeat, and Peychaud's make Marcovaldo Dionysos's vivid modern tiki sour.
- [London Calling](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-calling.md): Fino sherry draws a saline, almond-dry line through this bright gin sour, with orange bitters and grapefruit peel extending its citrus without adding sweetness.
- [Army & Navy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/army-and-navy.md): Orgeat replaces plain sugar in this gin sour, bringing almond richness and orange-flower perfume into a sharply structured, bitters-seasoned drink.
- [Southside](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/southside.md): A clean gin sour made vivid and cooling with fresh lime and mint.
- [London Buck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-buck.md): Also known as the Gin Buck, this crisp London dry gin, lemon, and ginger-ale highball depends on cold, spice, and carbonation.
- [Floradora](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/floradora.md): Raspberry, lime, and London dry gin lengthened with ginger ale make this Edwardian highball bright, fragrant, and far drier than its theatrical pink suggests.
- [Bramble](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bramble.md): Dick Bradsell's London gin sour, lengthened over crushed ice and streaked with dark blackberry liqueur.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/red-snapper
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/red-snapper-79b48f01.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1665/red-snapper