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Empire State of Mind

Name: Empire State of Mind
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Meletti); 30 ml Apple juice; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Meletti)
1 fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt

How to make

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Method

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated apple slice wheel.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Empire State of Mind contains 217 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
15.12% alc./vol. (30.23° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Joe Stinchcomb at Saint Leo in Oxford, Mississippi, USA.

Review

A delicately bittered apple sour.

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Dan Casselman 2y

What a great drink, light, crisp, & bright. It goes down real fast. I served them without ice in Coupes just because, so there (I don't like big, icy drinks). Use a lighter floral Amaro if you don't have Meletti.

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