Also homemade grenadine is key here (I opt for 1:1 pomegranate juice to sugar). Recipes usually specify lemon or lime - I've found lime to produce a superior drink. The apple character really shines through and blends well with the lime and pomegranate flavors. The Jack Rose cocktail was a revelation, especially when made with the Laird's Apple Bond Brandy. Not really a showcase of apple brandy per se, but the ingredients are pretty well balanced in the overall impression.įinal Notes - The Apple brandies tasted as part of this post are excellent spirits, which best express themselves mixed in cocktails. All in all, a very nice cocktail.ġ/4 oz green Chartreuse or Yellow Chartreuse grenadine next time), but a great combination of the tartness of the lime and the apple with the sweetness of the grenadine and the complex bitter-oranginess of the Amer Picon. Rating**** A little on the sweet side (will use closer to 1/4 oz. Rating *** Very good with the Apple brandy showing through, but the grapefruit/swedish punsch blend is a little flat.ġ/2 oz grenadine (used Ferrara - a new and interesting grenadine) Apple Brandy is in the background without a significant role. Pretty sweet, even with half the grenadine. Rating**** Nice addition to the growing Swizzle armory.ġ/2 oz swedish punch (used Saturnus Arracks-Punsch extract 50/50 with Van Oosten Batavia Arrack) Pour ingredients in a highball glass filled with cracked ice. ![]() Mostly Chartreuse dominated and I think there are better Chartreuse cocktails out there (or here). Rating**1/2 This didn't do too much for me. More here.ĭiamondback (from Cocktail Chronicles, link here)ġ 1/2 ounces rye whiskey (Rittenhouse bonded strongly recommended)ģ/4 ounce applejack (Laird’s bonded apple brandy strongly recommended)ģ/4 ounce Chartreuse (yellow works, but green works better) And it has a cool name and interesting historic link. Rating **** An excellent appley variant on the Manhattan. Rating***1/2 On the sweeter side, but everything in check. The ultimate demonstration of how apple brandy can come alive in a cocktail. Rating ***** An amazing cocktail sprang forth from these basic, but quality ingredients. Rating*** More of a showcase of sloe gin, the subject of a future post, no doubt.ġ 1/2 oz applejack or bonded apple brandy Rating* Not enough tanginess to go with the Swedish Punsch. ![]() Stir ingredients with ice in a mixing glass and strain into a chilled cocktail glass Rating*** (out of 5) A good cocktail with a nice grapefruit zing. Shake ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain into a chilled cocktail glass The cocktails choices were taken mostly from CocktailDB and were a small sampling based on drinks that sounded particularly tasty or made use of ingredients of current interest. ![]() I highly recommend it as the first choice in all of the cocktails below. When mixed in a cocktail, the Apple Bond really comes alive with an effusion of complex apple flavors and slightly more heat. The Apple Bond has less of the fresh apple flavor, but has a lot more distilled apple character along with more heat. Due to the 40 proof, it is fairly light, somewhat smooth with a nice appley finish. The AppleJack has a distinct fresh apple aroma and flavor, as advertised. I picked up a bottle of both recently for the purposes of experimentation - first on their own, then in some cocktails. Today, Laird’s AppleJack is not straight apple brandy, but a 35% apple brandy base which is combined with neutral grain spirits along with a "hint of apple flavor and aroma" which is conspicuously obfuscatory.Īccording to the company a 750 ML bottle of Lairds AppleJack contains 6 lbs of apples and a bottle of Lairds Apple Bond contains 20 lbs of apples. Entries appear in Washington’s diary in the 1760’s regarding his production of "cyder spirits". Historical records show that, prior to 1760, George Washington wrote to the Laird family requesting their recipe for producing Applejack, which the Laird family gladly supplied. ![]() The Laird family, producers of Applejack and several versions of an aged Apple Brandy started commercial production in 1780 and apparently received the first US distillery license in the small community of Scobeyville, NJ.Īpplejack was popular with the early colonists, who were leery of drinking water they believed it to carry disease and were convinced that the strong spririts promoted good health.Īccording to Laird's website, Robert Laird was a Revolutionary War soldier serving under George Washington, and the Laird family supplied the troops with Applejack. Applejack is an original American spirit, dating back to the times of Washington.
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