Ingredients
- .5 oz Tequila
- .5 oz Rum
- .5 oz Vodka
- .5 oz Gin
- .5 oz Triple Sec
- 1 Sours
- Raspberry Liqueur
Instructions
Prepare the Glass:
- Fill a collins glass with ice cubes.
Add Spirits:
- Pour in 0.5 oz each of tequila, rum, vodka, gin, and triple sec over the ice.
Add Sour Mix:
- Add 1 oz of sour mix to the glass.
Top with Raspberry Liqueur:
- Top off the glass with a generous splash of razzmatazz or Chambord raspberry liqueur.
Shake to Mix:
- Shake the contents gently to mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
Serve:
- Serve immediately and enjoy.
Notes
Estimated Nutrition:
Where it came from
Named after the band, in spirit if not in license. The Grateful Dead is a Long Island variant from the 1990s where Chambord replaces the cola and gives the drink a deep red float that streaks through the glass like sunset.
It is the Adios Motherfucker family member with raspberry instead of blue curacao.
What it tastes like
Sweet raspberry on the float, citrus body in the middle, alcohol warmth on the back. Five spirits stack but stay quiet under the sour mix and the Chambord.
Heavy ice keeps it moving. Without dilution it goes spirit-bomb fast.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The five spirits
- Use
- Standard pour vodka, gin, white rum, tequila
- Why
- None should dominate, all keep the drink balanced
The Chambord
- Use
- Chambord, the original
- Method
- Float on top, do not mix in
The sour mix
- Use
- Fresh lemon and sugar syrup, equal parts
- Skip
- Bottled neon sour mix
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Lejay Cassis or Briottet Creme de Mure.
Skip it. Now it is closer to a Walk Me Down.
Lemon juice and sugar syrup, equal parts.
Half the spirits and double the ice.
Now it is a Long Island Iced Tea, not a Grateful Dead.
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