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So, Mark gave me some Cointreau for the holidays. I picked up some citrus the other day, and went looking for something to mix. I found a little thing over at CocktailDB. It was called the Boxcar. They had a different recipe than most of the other sites, one that called for lime instead of lemon, and more of it. I hadn’t been led astray there yet. (Though I’m sure it will happen one day. Everyone has different taste blah blah…)

I mixed up their version. Sweet damn was it good. I just made a second tonight, and it seems I got the proportions just right, a little more of the bitterness came out, and it really balanced perfectly. The first try had been just a touch sweet. I probably used too much grenadine, as I don’t have a quarter measure.

Boxcar
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1/4 oz. Grenadine
1 Egg Yoke

Bonus for Mark, it’s pink.