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Empire State of Mind

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (19)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 12 fl oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
34 fl oz Amaro (e.g. Meletti)
1 fl oz Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
12 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
13 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Old Fashioned 34cl

Method

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of dehydrated apple slice wheel.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. 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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Comments & Discussion

Dan Casselman
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.
score: 2
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$0.20 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 75 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.