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

Apricot Cocktail
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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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

Nutrition:

One serving of Apricot Cocktail contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
21.21% alc./vol. (21.21° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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