Name: Escalator Cocktail
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Poire William eau-de-vie; 15 ml Vodka - Bison grass; 60 ml Apple juice (cloudy & unsweetened); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Pear slice

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

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

This orchard-fresh concoction was originally made with Korte Palinka (Hungarian pear schnapps).

History:

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 Cocktail contains 168 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
12.63% alc./vol. (25.26° proof)
13.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Escalator Cocktail

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Garnish: