Red Legs
A small stirred drink of Scotch and pineapple rum, sweetened with Pedro Ximénez sherry and sharpened by a little amaro. Orange peel adds a citrus note.
Similar names: Long Legs Spritz, Painless (Skinny Legs, compare to Painkiller), Sea Legs, Turkey Legs
Frederic Yarm built Red Legs on Pedro Ximénez and Amer Picon cocktails from the book "Pioneers of Mixing from Elite Bars: 1903-1933", such as the Reiff, which came to mind when a pineapple rum-Scotch Sazerac served at work followed an earlier rye-Cognac one. At home, Amaro Ciociaro replaced the Picon as a New York City touch, with sherry-sweetened Old Fashioned riffs like the McKittrick and Second Marriage as models. The name comes from the Scottish pirate Red Legs Greaves, active in the Caribbean in the late 1600s, which suits both the tropical and the Scottish side of the drink.
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