The Cape Cod or Cape Codder (also known as vodka cranberry and The Hammer) is a type of cocktail consisting of

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and

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. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink. The name refers to

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, a peninsula and popular tourist destination located in the eastern

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which is famous for growing cranberries.

Ingredients

A Cape Cod is made with

and

, and may be garnished with a

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wedge. Proportions vary, with sources giving a recommended vodka-to-juice ratio of 1/4, 1/3.7, 1/2 and 1/1.5, while other sources do not recommend precise proportions. Some sources recommend lime juice instead of a lime wedge garnish.

Related drinks

The Cape Codder is related to a number of other cocktails such as the

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(which adds grapefruit juice), the Bay Breeze (which adds pineapple juice), the Madras (which adds orange juice), the

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(which adds peach

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), Sex on the Beach (which adds orange juice and peach schnapps), the

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, which adds

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and lime juice, and

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which includes

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. The Grape Codder, in addition to vodka and cranberry juice, also has lime juice and grape juice. A Cape Codder with

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is a transfusion. A Cape Codder with lemon-lime soda is called a JC Concord. A Cape Codder with lychee liqueur is a red lotus cocktail. A Cape Codder with raspberry liqueur is a purple haze.

Background

This drink was conceived in 1945 by the Ocean Spray cranberry grower's cooperative under the name "Red Devil" in

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. The "Cape Codder" name dates from the early 1960s."Let the jolly innkeeper refresh you (and your lady) with America's newest cocktail creation— The Cape Codder." (The New Yorker, 1965)

References

External links

Discussion of the Cape Codder at Esquire Magazine
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Ingredients

Related drinks

Background

See also

References

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