Hemingway Cocktail

Ingredients

• 3 ruby red grapefruit, plus 4 grapefruit slices
• 6 ounces vodka
• Simple syrup, recipe follows
• Sugar

Directions

Juice the grapefruits and divide the juice among 4 glasses. Add 1 1/2 ounces of vodka to each glass. Add desired amount of simple syrup to sweeten the drink. Stir well.

Dip the grapefruit slices in sugar, to coat. Place 1 sugar dipped grapefruit slice on the rim of each glass.

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the water just to a boil and boil until the sugar dissolves, but the mixture does not get any color. Remove from the heat and let cool. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.