A long, easygoing build of tequila and fresh orange juice, finished with a slow pour of grenadine that sinks to the bottom and blooms upward into the red-to-gold gradient that earns the drink its name. The trick is restraint: it's left unstirred so the layers stay distinct. An earlier drink by this name (with crème de cassis and lime) was poured at the Arizona Biltmore in the 1930s, but the modern version was born at the Trident in Sausalito in the early 1970s and rode the Rolling Stones' 1972 tour into icon status.
Garnish: Orange Wheel
Built · Highball · Cubed
build
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
add
Pour the tequila and fresh orange juice directly into the glass.
add
Slowly add the grenadine syrup so it sinks and creates the chromatic 'sunrise' gradient. Do not stir.
garnish
Garnish with a half orange slice (or an orange zest).