Name: Red Death Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 fluid ounce sloe gin; 1 fluid ounce Southern Comfort liqueur; 1 fluid ounce vodka; 2 fluid ounces lime rum; 1 fluid ounce triple sec; 1 fluid ounce amaretto liqueur; 1 fluid ounce Galliano liqueur; 1/2 fluid ounce grenadine syrup; 6 fluid ounces orange juice; 1 cup ice cubes

Why it works: Vodka and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 135 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Vodka + syruptop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together135 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Gin + vodkatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together66 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Gin + syruptop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together127 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Lime + rumtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together412 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (gin, vodka, lime, rum, syrup):

Pineapplefits better
Lemonfits about as well
Orangethe original
Cherryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against gin, vodka, lime, rum, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Rum	1/2 oz (15ml)	32
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Gin	not in our table	0
Vodka	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

Red Death Cocktail