Avenue
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Avenue
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 1 fresh | Passion fruit (fresh) |
| 1 oz | Bourbon whiskey |
| 1 oz | Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack |
| 1⁄4 oz | Monin Grenadine Syrup |
| 1⁄6 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
| 0.04 oz | Orange blossom water / Orange flower water |
| 1 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
Garnish: Orange zest twist
How to make:
Cut passion fruit in half and scoop flesh into shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Passion fruit and orange flavours, laced with apple brandy and bourbon. Fruity yet dry.
History:
First published in William J. "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book where he credits its creation to "W. G. Crompton."
AVENUE
W. J. Tarling, 1937
Invented by W. G. Crompton
1/3 Seagram's Bourbon Whisky.
1/3 Calvados, Cusenier.
1/3 Passion Fruit Juice.
Dash Grenadine.
Dash Fleur d'Orange.
Shake
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 25.41% alc./vol. (25.41° proof)
- 18.8 grams of pure alcohol
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