Grapevine

This is like one of those drinks that only parents of little kids can enjoy. It's not like you have a lot of liquor in the house, just that bottle of Gilby's gin someone left at the baby shower. Picture this: it's the late 70's  and you're a tired dad looking for a beer, except the fridge is empty. You go to make a cocktail with the old bottle of gin, but that's all you have. You look in the fridge and you don't even see orange juice. Then it hits you...grab a kid's juice box, and you're set.

It doesn't sound like an endorsement, but I say that if you have the stuff for this, you owe it to yourself to try it.

• 2 oz. gin
• 2 oz. grape juice
• 1 oz. lemon juice
• 1/4 oz. simple syrup
• dash of grenadine

 Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass full of ice.