Garnish:
Float thin apple slice (dehydrated)
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
| 3/4 fl oz | Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack |
| 2/3 fl oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
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Review:
One man's 'dash' is another's 'splash'. At least that's how I've interpreted the amount of vermouth in this spirit-forward heavily calvados-influenced sipping cocktail. Would also suit being served over a large cube or chunk of block ice.
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
KICKER COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
2 Dashes Italian Vermouth.
1/3 Calvados.
2/3 Bacardi Rum.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Kicker contains 177 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.8 standard drinks
- 29.25% alc./vol. (58.5° proof)
- 25.6 grams of pure alcohol
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