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Cape Codder

Cranberry chaperone

Glass Highball
Method Built
Garnish Lime Wheel

Cranberry juice's tart punch softened by clean vodka. Not sweet, actually dry. A thinking person's vodka drink.

Ingredients

Method

Fill a highball with ice. Pour vodka. Top with cranberry juice and fresh lime juice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Emerged as a popular mixed drink, previously known as "Red Devil," reaching peak popularity in the early 1980s. Named after Cape Cod, Massachusetts. No documented single creator. Per Difford's Guide #368.

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