Floradora

The Floradora is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 4 ingredients, shaken and topped and served in a collins. That makes 189 ml in the glass: a long drink.

Ingredients

• 52.5 mlgin
• 22.5 mlfresh lime juice
• 22.5 mlraspberry liqueur
• 60 mlginger ale

Method

1. Shake the gin, lime juice and raspberry liqueur with ice.
2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass and top with ginger ale.

Garnish: Garnish with a lime wedge.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from ginger ale, with 0.4 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.

round → sour

Acidity leaves it halfway: 68th of 186, and the acid comes from fresh lime juice.

light → strong

14.1% after dilution: the middle band, 91st of 186.

Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on gin.

Five that come close

• Ve.N.ToBuilt on brandy and with grappa in place of ginger ale.
• Old CubanBuilt on vino and with champagne in place of ginger ale.
• Pisco SourBuilt on pisco and with pisco in place of ginger ale.
• East 8 Hold-upBuilt on vodka and with vodka in place of ginger ale.
• Pisco PunchBuilt on pisco and with pisco in place of ginger ale.

Every drink near the Floradora on the map

Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026