Post #736522 by PalmtreePat on Mon, Feb 2, 2015 5:23 PM

On 2015-02-02 12:27, AdOrAdam wrote:
Interestingly after some quick googling (not very hard, just Wikipedia) neither is likely to be authentic:

Mandelo aka Cocktail Grapefruit cultivated 1966 onwards.

Oro Blanco aka White Grapefruit cultivated 1958 onwards.

That's not intended to be disheartening, the way modern fruit cultivation is, I'm pretty sure all fruits have been subtly 'improved' or changed over the years.

I've never seen that smaller Mandelo/cocktail grapefruit before - I've had pomelo before (a sweeter large grapefruit type citrus), I haven't used it in cocktails.

I'd definitely be interested in hearing your thoughts :)

After tasting 2 grogs side by side I actually found myself preferring the one made with the oro blanco. It also bears mentioning that before I did the side by side test I dropped the honey mix to 1 oz as opposed to the 1.5 oz I was using originally. I'd intended the 1.5 oz of 1:1 mix to be analagous to the .75 oz of straight up honey called for originally, and while that recipe worked with the less palatable concentrated grapefruit juice, I found that using a full jigger of mix with fresh juice yielded a drink that was a little bit too sweet and sort of "flat" tasting.