Red Snapper

Ingredients

• 2 oz London Dry Gin
• 3 oz Tomato Juice
• 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 2 dashes Hot Sauce
• 2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 pinch Black Pepper
• Celery stalk · optional garnish

Method

1. 1

   Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice.

2. 2

   Roll gently between two tins to chill without over-diluting.

3. 3

   Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.

4. 4

   Garnish with a celery stalk.

The Story

The Red Snapper is the name often given to a Bloody Mary made with gin instead of vodka. The drink is said to have originated in the 1930s at the King Cole Bar in New York, where the name was used to avoid the original's name.