Blood & Sand at Out of The Blue, Pics/Shadab Khan

Blood & Sand
This cocktail traces its recipe to Harry Craddock’s 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. It has orange juice mixed with scotch, equal parts of cherry (or liqueur) and martini rosso. “It became famous because of the movie, Blood and Sand, by Rudolph Valentino. He didn’t know what to call the drink so he called it Blood & Sand because he pictured himself drinking it on the beach,” says Valentine Barboza, bar consultant at Out of the Blue. “This is a drink best appreciated by people who know their alcohol.”