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Journey Non-Taken

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

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Ingredients
1 1/4 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1/2 fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
4 drop	Fee Brothers Celery bitters
4 fl oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar 1910 Highball

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

POUR all ingredients into chilled glass.
Fill with ice.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Journey Non-Taken contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
9.09% alc./vol. (18.17° proof)
13.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Celery bitters — Celery

History

A riff on the Journey of Brotherssent to me by Three Cents in 2024.

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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Comments & Discussion

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Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 1y

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 1y

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

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

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

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

"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.