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Baltimore Zoo

"VERY STRONG drink - Similar to Long Island Iced Tea, but tastes much better to me, you don't taste the alcohol. You can adjust orange juice amount to adjust taste. Remember DO NOT drink and drive... This is a VERY strong drink but you don't taste the alcohol... fruity taste."

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Baltimore Zoo

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 ↓

Baltimore Zoo

2 cocktails
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

137Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Ginnot in our table0
Vodkanot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Vodka + syruptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together135 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Gin + vodkatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Gin + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Rum + beertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Rum + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together801 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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, rum, vodka, syrup, beer):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Orangethe original

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