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Grapefruit Soda
Grapefruit soda is a carbonated soft drink with a tart-sweet grapefruit flavour, more sugary and less bitter than fresh grapefruit juice. It adds citrus character and fizz in one pour. It is a common shortcut mixer for refreshing tall cocktails.
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Common uses
- tops off built cocktails for citrus fizz
Buying & storage
Months once opened: Keeps for months once opened, but it does change. Nothing urgent; worth finishing within a season.
Storage: best used soon after opening, as carbonation fades quickly
Recipes
Cocktails containing this ingredient
Stand-in
Where grapefruit soda is a recommended substitute
Recipes that name it as a swap for something else, with what it replaces.
- Sea Breezein place of grapefruit juice
- Virgin Sea Breezein place of pink grapefruit juice
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