Hand Grenade (cocktail)

The Hand Grenade is a specialty cocktail drink (made with vodka, rum, gin and melon liquor), sold frozen or on the rocks exclusively through five licensed nightclub bars in the New Orleans French Quarter.

Hand Grenade
Cocktail
A hand grenade from Tropical Isle on Bourbon Street
TypeCocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
Commonly used ingredients

History

Pam Fortner and Earl Bernhardt, owners of the Tropical Isle bar founded during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, created the melon-flavored Hand Grenade as their signature cocktail.[1] Since January 1992, the Hand Grenade has been served in a green, translucent, plastic yard glass container with a bulbous, textured base shaped like an oversized hand grenade.[2]

Five French Quarter bars sell the Hand Grenade.[2]

Popularity

Cocktail enthusiasts' opinions about the sweet and potent drink range from classifying it as a "terrible drink"[3] (along with another similarly unique French Quarter cocktail, the Hurricane) to being "well worth the hangover".

Tropical Isle's website sells a prepared Hand Grenade mix for home use.[4]

References
  1. Maroon Staff, The (December 8, 2011). "Bourbon Street bars offer change of scene". The Maroon: Life & Times. Loyola University New Orleans. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  2. Feldman, Judge Martin L. C. (August 25, 2011). "721 Bourbon, Inc. v. B.E.A., Inc. et al - Document 39" (pdf). Civil Action No. 11-710 Section "F". United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. pp. 1–4. Retrieved February 7, 2012. Court rulings are public domain content under U.S. law.
  3. Sintumuang, Kevin (October 2010). "The 25 Best Cocktail Bars in America". GQ Magazine. Condé Nast Digital. pp. Slide #16 (Arnaud's French 75). Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  4. "Tropical Isle Gift Annex". Tropical Isle. 1997. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
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