The Windfall

Name: The Windfall
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Birch eau-de-vie; 10 ml Armagnac brandy; 50 ml Apple juice

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Birch spirit/birch eau-de-vie
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Armagnac brandy
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

Garnish: Dehydrated apple

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Method:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) fine strain into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Windfall contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.04% alc./vol. (32.09° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by Katie Stocks in St Albans, England.

Review

An autumnal-sounding cocktail to be enjoyed in place of a Daiquiri at any time of the year. Yes, it's appley with delicate armagnac undertones and complexity, but it is made interesting by the birch spirit, which gives this drink faint pine, almost smoky bacon notes.