Name: Apple Business
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 30 ml Apple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 12.5 ml Honey and water syrup

Apple Business
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Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
0.42 oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered apple slice fan.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish with skewered apple slice fan.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Rich honey balances zesty lime in this flavoursome gin and apple sour.

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History:

Adapted from a 2017 recipe by Theo Lieberman, New York City.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Apple Business contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
14.09% alc./vol. (14.09° proof)
15.1 grams of pure alcohol

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S J H Desmond

13th May at 20:34

It's a very nice drink for May-into-June, as the seasons change, but if it's got the word "apple" in the name, well, it needs to taste more apple-forward.

Luca Sorriso Valvo

6th May 2024 at 08:21

I have added a few dashes of chocolate bitters and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top of the built cocktail.
Very good, and I can see how it strongly depends on the flavor of the apple juice and honey.
I have used a refreshing scandinavian style micro-distillery gin, a naturally sweet, acidic juice, and a rich tasting craft honey, and that spoke in the drink (in a very good way).

Dávid Ugróczi

9th December 2023 at 01:23

Very delicious. Interestingly, the honey amplifies the apple flavour while the gin is more of a background player (I used Beefeater). Overall it's a perfectly balanced drink. Highly recommended.

G. M. Genovese

14th October 2023 at 10:16

I was going to say this was a lame drink until I got a hold of the aftertaste, and it's actually a bit funky?... Comes across with an herbal, green (caramel) apple quality; tart, medicinal... the honey is at an excellent measure, not really lingering long beyond the initial expressions... Curious now to try this with a better gin (my test standard is Gordon's). (14 Oct 2023, 6:16a)

Jeffrey Moore

2nd August 2023 at 00:39

Reminded me a little of an English Garden.

Chris Dimal

6th June 2023 at 05:20

Utterly delicious. One of the best cocktails ever found on this site! Delicious juniper interacts with honeyed apple (incredible combination), balanced by sour lime. Just delightful.

Avery Garnett

7th May 2023 at 15:13

A nicely apple-y gin sour. Not too strong, not too complex - but it's nice.

I added an egg white and that was nice too.

Florian Ruf

14th April 2023 at 15:34

Simple and good. I served it straight up and went back to 6 cl Gin.

Emma Frescura

19th November 2021 at 19:43

Made with slightly less gin, a little more apple juice and straight honey and I loved it! The gin works perfectly with the sweetness of the honey and the apple juice while the lime brings out the citrus notes. Lovely for a fall evening.

Nick Navro

5th October 2021 at 23:22

Enjoyed this drink. I had some apple cider sitting in my fridge and made another one with that to substitute the apple juice. I honestly don't know which one I like better, they both are really good, yet different.