Name: Journey Non-Taken
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Fino sherry; 4 drop Celery bitters; 120 ml Tonic water

Journey Non-Taken
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
4 drop	Fee Brothers Celery bitters
4 oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
POUR all ingredients into chilled glass.
Fill with ice.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Celery bitters - Celery

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Calvados' spirituous appley notes sit well with the dry sherry, celery bitters and uplifting tonic water in this refreshingly savoury cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe supplied by Three Cents in 2024.

Nutrition:

One serving of Journey Non-Taken contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.09% alc./vol. (9.09° proof)
15.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Jacques Gaudin

17 hours ago

Long drinks are usually not my preference but this one is special. I really loved how the celery bitter binds the calvados and sherry together. Perfect for a lightish aperitive.

Benoît Bouillard

21st May at 11:16

Do you have any information about the history of this cocktail?

Simon Difford

21st May at 11:57

I don't know its history, but this is one of a number of recipes sent to me by Three Cents.

Simon Sedgley

14th January at 09:25

"refreshingly savoury" indeed. We up the Calvados to 50ml and the sherry to 20ml, leaving the clery bitters drops at four and going with a reduced 100ml of tonic. We use an Amontillado which, for us, introduces a lovely faint sweet note to dance with the bitters.

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