Name: The Apple One
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Elderflower liqueur; 22.5 ml Apple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 30 ml Soda (club soda) water

The Apple One
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ oz	Elderflower liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of apple slice & mint leaf.
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Whiskey, elderflower and apple with a refreshing burst of citrus.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2008 by Vincenzo Marianella at Doheny, Los Angeles, USA. In an attempt to give this cocktail wider appeal and inspired by a comment (see below), in January 2021, we reduced the bourbon from 60ml to 45ml and added 30ml of soda.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Apple One contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
13.48% alc./vol. (13.48° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Kristi Ingram

19th November 2022 at 15:08

Found the lime a little too predominant so would reduce it next time. All in all, quite a nice and very drinkable autumn cocktail.

Eugene Kulbeck

24th December 2020 at 02:51

The Lime and Apple juice make for a nice complex interplay without adding another Liqueur. Great cocktail to balance out a heavy dish without fighting for attention. On the third go-round I ended up with 2/3 oz of St. Germain and 1 1/2 oz of bourbon for a better balance with the food. (Not quite so boozy) The Mrs. liked it with a little splash of soda water. It’s a keeper for us.