Name: Forbidden Fruit
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Calvados apple brandy; 10 ml Gin; 10 ml Orange Curaçao; 10 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 dash Creole bitters; 45 ml Ginger beer

Forbidden Fruit
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Photographed in an UB Koto Collins 35cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.
SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.
Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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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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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Nutrition:

One serving of Forbidden Fruit contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
14.15% alc./vol. (14.15° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Romina

16th May at 19:53

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.

Donald S

11th May at 00:49

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.

Avery Garnett

18th October 2024 at 19:33

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.

John Hinojos

2nd September 2022 at 00:07

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.

Andreas Håkansson

23rd February 2022 at 06:47

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…