Name: American Trilogy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Applejack brandy; 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 7.5 ml Brown sugar syrup; 2 dash Orange bitters

P N 45w

I am gonna try this with agave syrup

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

We do this in a Nick and Nora glass. By general consensus, Dashiell Hammett wrote four 'great' novels, not three, but who's counting?

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 1y

I suppose that begs the question of who wrote three?

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Well, for mine, the best was Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy. But if we're talking film, then the three installments of The Godfather. Maybe you'd like to nominate your greatest English trio...and you're not allowed to say Harry, Ron and Hermione.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Eighty proof V.S. calvados 30ml. Rittenhouse bottled in bond and 7.5 rich moscovado. Hit that sweet spot! Excellent.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

This time Laird's bottled in bond, Woodinville 90° rye and half muscovado half rich cane syrup (7.5ml). Going forward will be sure to use all dark muscovado syrup as this really makes it for me.

Peter M Premium Member 1y

Made with Laird's Bottled-in-Bond & Wild Turkey 101 Rye. Pretty tasty as-is. Apple is balanced. Whiskey is smoothed out. Subtle orange. and brown sugar. Not too sweet for me.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

I've tried this about a half dozen times now. Like y'all have suggested, reducing the sugar - in my case, to 5 ml - has resulted in a more harmonious drink. This in addition to skewing the spirit specs to 6:5, in favor of Old Forester 100-proof rye, which somehow has been a stalwart ingredient.

Darren Companion 2y

Made with half the Demerara and it works! Orange forward and refreshing. We had to use apple brandy as applejack is not available in Canada. Nice drink!

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

Delicious combination! I used calvados instead of applejack and this calls for a reduction of the syrup.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Was wondering about that. Thanks for the suggestion.

William Johnson 4y

This is some godly nectar, rather excellent!

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

Apple flavoured, spirit-forward cocktail. Smooth and very well balanced. Used 1/2 sugar. Perfect.

1 fl oz	Applejack brandy bottled-in-bond (50% alc./vol)
1 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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