Name: Last Straw
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 45 ml Elderflower liqueur; 45 ml Medium dry cider; 45 ml Apple juice

Serve in a

Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 1/2 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
1 1/2 fl oz	Medium dry apple cider
1 1/2 fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of apple wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with apple wedge on rim.

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Review:

Three stages of the apple's alcoholic journey, juice, cider and brandy, are sweetened and aromatised by elderflower liqueur.

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History:

Created in 2006 by yours truly. We used the last straw we had left to sample the first one. Fortunately, there are alternatives to plastic straws.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Last Straw contains 268 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
11.95% alc./vol. (23.9° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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