The Cape Cod or Cape Codder (also known as vodka cranberry and
The Hammer) is a type of
cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, cocktails are either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as tonic water, fruit juice, flavored syrup, or cream. Cocktails vary widely across ...
consisting of
vodka and
cranberry juice. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink. The name refers to
Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, a
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
and popular tourist destination located in the eastern
United States which is famous for growing cranberries.
Ingredients
A Cape Cod is made with
vodka and
cranberry juice, and may be garnished with a
lime 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 Sea Breeze (which adds grapefruit juice), the Bay Breeze
The bay breeze is a cocktail which has a Cape Codder as its base, with the addition of pineapple juice. The drink is also sometimes called a downeaster, Hawaiian sea breeze, or a Paul Joseph. This cocktail is similar to the sea breeze, an IBA O ...
(which adds pineapple juice), the Madras (which adds orange juice), the Woo Woo (which adds peach schnapps), Sex on the Beach (which adds orange juice and peach schnapps), the Cosmopolitan, which adds triple sec and lime juice, and Rose Kennedy Cocktail which includes club soda. The Grape Codder, in addition to vodka and cranberry juice, also has lime juice and grape juice. A Cape Codder with ginger ale is a transfusion. A Cape Codder with lemon-lime soda is called a JC Concord. A Cape Codder with lychee liqueur
Lychee (US: ; UK: ; ''Litchi chinensis''; ) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus ''Litchi'' in the soapberry family, ''Sapindaceae''.
It is a tropical tree native to Southeast and Southwest China (the Guangdong, Fujian, Yun ...
is a red lotus cocktail. A Cape Codder with raspberry liqueur
The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus ''Rubus'' of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus '' Idaeobatus''. The name also applies to these plants themselves. Raspberries are perennial with ...
is a purple haze
"Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967.
The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Ea ...
.
Background
This drink was conceived in 1945 by the Ocean Spray cranberry grower's cooperative under the name "Red Devil" in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 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)]
See also
* List of cocktails
A cocktail is a mixed drink typically made with a distilled liquor (such as arrack, brandy, cachaça, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, or whiskey) as its base ingredient that is then mixed with other ingredients or garnishments. Sweetened liqueurs, w ...
References
External links
Discussion of the Cape Codder at Esquire Magazine
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Cocktails with vodka
Cocktails with cranberry juice