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Apricot Cocktail

Name: Apricot Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Apricot Cocktail contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
21.21% alc./vol. (42.43° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

APRICOT COCKTAIL
Cocktail Shake
½ oz lemon juice
¼ oz grenadine
1 oz gin
½ oz apricot flavored brandy
1 dash Angostura bitters
Stanley M. Jones, 1977

In his 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, Harry Craddock also lists an "Apricot Cocktail" but this earlier version includes orange juice and omits grenadine.

APRICOT COCKTAIL.
¼ Lemon Juice.
¼ Orange Juice.
½ Apricot Brandy.
1 Dash Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Review

This light scarlet classic cocktail combines gin, apricot and lemon juice. The aromatic bitters and lemon zest twist are essential to its balance.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$67.99 $4.12 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$4.86 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Beverly Stanton 2y

Very nice cocktail. Apricot is not in the forefront however the blend of all is very nice. Enjoyed as an after dinner cocktail.

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