Stone Fence

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (7 ratings)

Serve in a Pint glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
Top up with Medium dry apple cider
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Apple slice

How to make:

POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass and stir. Serve with straws.

Review:

Dry cider fortified and made drier by rye whiskey.

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Variant:

Substitute cognac with calvados, Scotch, bourbon or rum.

History:

Although the origin of this simple mixed drink and its name are unknown history chronicles its being served at taverns since at least the early 1800s.

Nutrition:

One serving of Stone Fence contains 133 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 39.45% alc./vol. (39.45° proof)
  • 23.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Michael Cronin’s Avatar Michael Cronin
28th February 2022 at 21:26
Legend has it that Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys drank the rum based version of this liberally the night before heading off to capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.