An often maligned cocktail from bartenders, I think that the Blood and Sand is one of the hardest cocktails to get right.

BLOOD AND SAND

1 oz. (30mL) Shelter Point Montfort 151

3/4 oz (22.5mL) Esquimalt Wine Co. Kina Rouge

3/4 oz (22.5mL) Okanagan Spirits Cherry

3/4 oz (22.5mL) orange juice

Glass - Large cocktail glass

Method - Shake all ingredients and double strain

Garnish - orange twist

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Cocktail of the Week #6 - Blood and Sand

Shawn Soole