Name: Personality a la Roy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

3/4 fl oz

Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack

3/4 fl oz

Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

1/3 fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare thin apple slice (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Float (dehydrated) apple slice for garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Personality a la Roy contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
24.34% alc./vol. (48.68° proof)
24.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. The Savoy recipe calls for Hercules, a sadly long since defunct product that vintage newspaper advertisements for the brand describe as being a "Maté-Wine Apéritif" with an "alcohol strength over 25°." Hence, I've used another wine-based aperitif.

PERSONALITY A LA ROY COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
¼ Hercules.
¼ Applejack or Calvados.
½ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930

Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

I found the spec version a bit light bodied and wanted more robust fruitiness, so used 15 Cocchi Americano Rosa, 10ml Dubonnet and added 2.5ml sugar syrup to help bring out the apple, as Avallen is so dry. Could possibly even go to 5ml sugar.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Much better with apple Jack (Lairds 86) provided the extra body and sweetness I was looking for 🙂

John CARR Premium Member 1y

I wonder if “a la roy” is actually “a la roi” i.e. according to the king - with an older, historical spelling? Be curious to know more of the origin of the name here.