Hand Grenade (cocktail)
Alcoholic drink sold in New Orleans
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The Hand Grenade is a cocktail drink made with vodka, rum, gin, and melon liqueur, sold frozen or on the rocks exclusively through five licensed nightclub bars in the New Orleans, French Quarter.
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- 3 cl (1 part) Vodka
- 3 cl (1 part) Rum
- 3 cl (1 part) Gin
- 3 cl (1 part) rectified spirit
- 3 cl (1 part) melon liqueur
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| Type | Cocktail |
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| Ingredients |
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| Base spirit | Gin, Vodka, Rum, Fruit liqueur |
History
Pam Fortner and Earl Bernhardt, owners of the Tropical Isle bar founded during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, created the melon-flavored Hand Grenade as their signature cocktail.[1] Since January 1992, the Hand Grenade has been served in a green, translucent, plastic yard glass container with a bulbous, textured base shaped like an oversized hand grenade.[2]
Five French Quarter bars sell the Hand Grenade.[2][better source needed]
Popularity
Cocktail enthusiasts' opinions about the sweet and potent drink range from classifying it as a "terrible drink"[3] to describing it as "well worth the hangover".[citation needed]
Tropical Isle's website sells a prepared Hand Grenade mix for home use.[4]
