Chicago Special

Name: Chicago Special
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: Malort; Grapefruit juice; Orange juice; Orange twist

Malort and grapefruit juice shaken with a squeeze of orange, finished with an orange twist -- a Chicago rite of passage made into a tastier cocktail.

3 min Serves 1 ~10% ABV

Ingredients

Glassware: Cocktail glass

Ice: Ice cubes

Equipment: Jigger, Cocktail shaker

1Add the Malort and grapefruit juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, as well as the juice from one orange wedge. Shake vigorously.
2Strain the resulting mixture into a cocktail glass.
3Take an orange twist and rub it rind-side down along the rim of the cocktail glass.
4Drop the orange twist into the bottom of the glass.

Garnish: Orange twist

Not everyone from Chicago drinks Malort, but trying it is certainly viewed as a rite of passage.