Shirley Temple
The Shirley Temple is an alcohol-free drink: 3 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 210 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassCollins
In the glass210 ml
Strengthalcohol-free
Ingredients
- 7.5 mlgrenadine
- 10 mlfresh lemon juice
- 165 mlginger ale
Method
- Pour all ingredients into a chilled collins glass.
- Fill with ice.
Garnish: Garnish with a lemon wheel and a maraschino cherry.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Sweetness leads, and it comes from ginger ale: the 20th sweetest of 186.
- round → sour
- Acidity leaves it halfway: 83rd of 186, and the acid comes from ginger ale.
- light → strong
- No alcohol to speak of: 210 ml in the glass and under one degree, so it sits at the bottom of the axis with the other alcohol-free drinks.
Its closest neighbour is the Sgroppino: 97 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- Sgroppino5 degrees stronger and built on vino.
- Acapulco GoldWith pineapple juice in place of ginger ale and longer by 44 ml.
- Bloody OrangeWith fresh orange juice in place of ginger ale and longer by 44 ml.
- Bora Bora BrewWith pineapple juice in place of fresh lemon juice and longer by 48 ml.
- Buffalo BillWith fresh orange juice in place of ginger ale and shorter by 70 ml.
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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026