Name: Long Flight of Stairs
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Pear vodka; 30 ml Calvados apple brandy; 30 ml Pear and cognac liqueur; 75 ml Apple juice

Long Flight of Stairs
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Absolut Pears Vodka
1 oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 oz	Belle de Brillet pear liqueur
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of apple or pear slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Serve with a straw.

Review:

A seriously tasty, strong, long drink. The name is a reversal of the London rhyming slang 'apples and pears' (stairs).

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History:

Created in 2005 by yours truly in homage to the G.E. Club's Stairs cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Long Flight of Stairs contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
14.44% alc./vol. (14.44° proof)
23.8 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Syd Rawcliffe

10th September 2020 at 19:06

If you need an excuse to invest in a bottle of Xante Liqueur, then look no further. This is smashing stuff with a heady waft of perfumed orchard fruit, weighty in the mouth and a rich, satisfying lingering yet refreshing taste.

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