Post #575436 by telescopes on Wed, Feb 9, 2011 8:32 PM

On 2010-10-08 06:27, jokeiii wrote:

IMHO white grapefruit juice is what you want-it has the 'bite' (acidity & bitterness) that's called for. Pink is OK, if it's all you can find. The Ruby Red stuff is too sweet-it's the grapefruit for folks who don't like grapefruit.

But even within the "white" grapefruit there are varietals (such as Duncan, Marsh, Paradise & Triumph, for example) that can be played with.

Ditto the honey. (For the record, my go-to cocktail honey is "orange blossom" honey.)

In fact, you could, if you were "foodie" enough, go nuts experimenting with the combinations.

I am going to go on the record and speak up for the maligned red grapefruit. My own tree is a red grapefruit. I don't know the variety - but wow, is it ever good. I have two white grapefruit trees on either side of my property and they drop fruit into my lawn all of the time. So, I have something to compare my red to.

Perhaps because I am used to fresh grapefruit I experience a different taste from the red than others might get.

I will add this, Berry needs to add allspice dram to the Navy Grog recipe. It is essential.