Name: Escalator
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Poire William; 15 ml Bison grass vodka; 60 ml Apple juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Escalator
Jump to

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Poire William eau-de-vie
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bison grass vodka
2 fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pear wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with pear wedge on rim.

Review:

This orchard-fresh concoction was originally made with Korte Palinka (Hungarian pear schnapps).

View readers' comments

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2002 by Kevin Connelly, England. It's called an escalator because the 'apples and pears', rhyming slang for 'stairs', are shaken.

Nutrition:

One serving of Escalator contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
12.64% alc./vol. (25.27° proof)
14.9 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the discussion

Showing 4 comments for Escalator.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

Kevin Connelly

11 hours ago

As the creator of the Escalator, can I just say I named it just 'Escalator'; it was Simon who added 'Martini' and then some time later, decided it wasn't a martini. 🙂

Simon Difford

10 hours ago

There was a time when every cocktail was a “Martini”. I’ve changed the name from “Escalator Cocktail” to just “Escalator” and will reshoot to replace the 20+ year old photo. Also, an opportunity to update/correct the recipe. Please can you share your spec?

John Hinojos

19th May 2023 at 00:40

We omitted the sugar syrup as our apple juice, while being unsweetened, is organic and a bit on the sweet side being made from one type of apple. Very nice before dinner. Refreshing and the apple pulls out the pear flavour from the eau0-de-vie.

Raphael Golaz

13th January 2023 at 22:25

is that one considered as a Martini family cocktail? just to classify it for my bibliotaste

Simon Difford

14th January 2023 at 17:39

It's not a proper Martini - too much fruit juice and no vermouth. Please see our “When’s a Martini not a Martini” page in our Martini area (search for ‘Martini’ to find the area).

Annabelle Egginton

28th December 2022 at 19:00

Perfectly balanced fruit sweetness and dryness of the vodka. The pear flavor comes through more than the apple, although the acidity of the apple juices balances the pear which could be too sweet thus making it a good pre-dinner cocktail.

See discussion in the Forum