Helsinki Long Drink Gin & Pink Grapefruit
Helsinki Long Drink Gin & Pink Grapefruit is a premium long drink in a bottle. It is created by mixing The Helsinki Distilling Company’s aromatic Helsinki Dry Gin with a perky pink grapefruit. The result is a refreshing long drink, that’s at home on a sunny terrace as well as in a hip cocktail bar.
Helsinki Long Drink has a full taste – there’s a bite of the gin, the freshness of pink grapefruit and the sharpness of bitters. Helsinki Long Drink can be served chilled straight from the bottle or in a tall glass with plenty of ice.
Helsinki Long Drink is sold in a 33cl clear glass bottle and a 33cl aluminium can. The strength is traditional 5,5% ABV.
Story
The Long Drink is a Finnish tradition derived from the Helsinki Summer Olympics in 1952 – a drink that you can drink whenever, wherever and with whoever you like. In Finland Long Drink stands for, a usually gin-based, Ready-to-Drink cocktail.
The Helsinki Long Drink is inspired by our colorful Helsinki summer which is fresh, fun and bright. Our close relationship with the urban lifestyle of Helsinki and our values derived from the Nordic way of life define us as a brand.
Grapefruit (Citrus x Paradisi) is originally from Barbados and used to be called ”The Forbidden Fruit”. Grapefruit was crossed from pomelo and orange in the 1600s by a Captain Shaddock and hence the fruit was also called shattuck until the 19th century. Pink grapefruit was created in the early 1900s, and it is sweeter and more aromatic than its yellow sister
