Name: Fallen Leaves
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Cognac (brandy)

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Sandip Gohil 45w

This is actually really nice, quite the grown up drink without being too ethanol-y and boozy

Dave Smith 48w

Wow! I have Daron Calvados, noilly prat vermouths, and Courvoisier. Yum

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Amazing how the 5ml of Brandy can completely the final character of the drink. I’ve used both Courvoisier and Martell , with profound transformation. Your results may vary!

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Wonderful interplay of the vermouth sweetness bringing out the deeper apple flavours, dry mineral and herbal characters of the other vermouth, and the unctuous sweetness of the cognac highlighting the fruit and adding mouthfeel. Delish!

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Also good with a splash of rye ;)

John CARR Premium Member 2y

A wonderfully delicious autumnal apple bite. Crisp, fresh, tart and sweetly juicy all at once. Like kicking one’s feet through a pile of golden leaves.
Looking at the recipe I was tempted to add s a little sweetener, but was glad that I didn’t. Perfect as it is.

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CAROL JORDAN 2y

I used a sweet red vermouth with Avallen (wonderfully apple-forward) and it was perfect for me. A question of taste....

Anna Thompson 2y

Delicious, dry but fruity. A nice alternative to a Manhattan.

Chris English Premium Member 2y

I followed the recipe closely except for using a fine Calvados in place of Avallen. Found it very herby and lacking centre. 5ml maple syrup brought the vermouths together with the Calvados very nicely. Maybe I have a slightly sweet tooth!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Maybe use a fuller bodied vermouth, eg half-half your regular vermouth with carpano.

S BA 3y

I didn't like it too much. I just looked it up in my version of Schumann's Bar. The recipe is slightly different than mentioned above:
2 cl. Vermouth rosso
1 cl. Vermouth dry
2 cl. Calvados
Dash Brandy

So the vermouth dry is half of the other two main ingredients. Don't think that it would help the recipe though.

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³⁄₄ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)

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