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Balabushka

Serve in a Martini glass...
1½	fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
½	fl oz	Triple sec liqueur
½	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1	fl oz	Pressed apple juice
⅛	fl oz	Giffard Orgeat Syrup

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Apple slice

Comment:

This vodka-based cocktail has flavours of apple, lemon, orange and almond.

About:

Created in 2001 by Julien Escot at Langdon Hall Hotel, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Named in homage to George Balabushka, the legendary billiards cue maker.

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Apple juice

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