Batida Rosa

El Vaquero • Eugene, ORWhen a Brazilian soccer team stopped in to El Vaquero for caipirinhas one night, bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler came up with this drink to tempt them away from his declining supply of limes.Plus: 5 Fantastic Cachaças

Batida Rosa
Photo: © Wendell T. Webber
Yield:
1 drink
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Ingredients

  • Ice

  • 2 ounces cachaça (potent Brazilian sugarcane spirit)

  • 1 ounce pineapple juice

  • 1 ounce fresh lemon juice

  • 3/4 ounce grenadine, preferably homemade

  • 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup

  • 3 ounces chilled club soda

  • 1 pineapple spear

Directions

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the cachaça, pineapple juice, lemon juice, grenadine and Simple Syrup. Shake well and strain into a large ice-filled red wine glass. Stir in the club soda and garnish with the pineapple spear.

Originally appeared: November 2008

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