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Turnpike

Name: Turnpike
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Applejack brandy; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 5 ml Chilled water; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
²⁄₃ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Applejack brandy
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Turnpike contains 115 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
18.08% alc./vol. (36.17° proof)
12.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2007 by Joseph Schwartz at Milk & Honey in New York City.

Joseph's original recipe called for Old Overholt Rye Whiskey from Pennsylvania and Laird's Applejack from New Jersey, so appropriately, this cocktail is named after the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) connecting these two states with New York.

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Review

This recipe is a third of the volume of the original, with the optional additional water only compensating for my use of rich 2:1 sugar syrup (in place of simple syrup).

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