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Forbidden Fruit

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (75)
Forbidden Fruit image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄3 fl oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1⁄3 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄3 fl oz Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
1⁄3 fl oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1 1⁄2 fl oz Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Collins 35cl

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.

Method

  1. SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Forbidden Fruit contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 14.17% alc./vol. (28.33° proof)
  • 20.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2012 by Aisha Sharpe in New York City. The original recipe was based on bonded applejack rather than calvados and was more or less:
- 45ml (1½oz) Bottled-in-bond applejack
- 30ml (1oz) Pimm's No. 1
- 15ml (½oz) Lemon juice
- 7.5ml (¼oz) Sugar syrup (1:1)
- 2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters
- 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
- 45ml (1½oz) Ginger beer

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Review

Given the name, don't expect a sweet 'fruity' cocktail, instead, this is dry, spicy and complex with zesty citrus over an appley spirituous base with enlivening ginger spice.

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Comments & Discussion

Romina
I'm not sure about this drink... I was excited to try it since it has nine ingredients. It's definitely refreshing—you can taste the ginger (I used Fever-Tree Ginger Beer)—but the bitters are a bit overpowering. Maybe using just one dash of each instead of two would make it more enjoyable for me.
score: 1
Donald S
I found this very refreshing and a nice alternative to the standard gin style cocktail. I'm not a big Ginger Beer fan but found that it blended nicely with the Apple Brandy.
score: 1
Avery Garnett
It's good but...it's just really not worth the faff. It doesn't gain anything tiki-like from using a shopping list of ingredients to backup the calvados.
score: 2
John Hinojos Premium Member
Used Laird's 86 Applejack since it was a bit higher in proof. Very refreshing. Having a warm afternoon and perfect to cool off the body. Would try again with the Bottled-in-Bond Applejack.
score: 2
Andreas Håkansson
An interesting “concoction” that reminds me of a punch or tiki-style drink. The calvados or applejack clearly comes through and makes it a bit unique. Not so sure about the gin though. I’ll try without next time. A 3,5 star drink for me…
score: 1

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Makes a minimum of 75 cocktails.
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