Tulip Cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Rich but balanced with bags of fruit: apple, apricot and lemon.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

TULIP COCKTAIL.
1/6 Lemon Juice.
1/6 Apricot Brandy.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
1/3 Calvados or Apple Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Tulip Cocktail contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 17.4% alc./vol. (17.4° proof)
  • 15.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
10th September 2021 at 17:45
Depending on the sourness of the lemon I like to use of up to a barspoon of sugar syrup.
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