Name: Apple Buck
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Sour apple liqueur; 30 ml Apple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 45 ml Ginger ale

Apple Buck
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ oz	Sour apple liqueur
1 oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of apple wedge.
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger ale.
Garnish with apple wedge on rim.

Review:

A refreshing long number with a taste reminiscent of cider.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2004 by Wayne Collins.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Apple Buck contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.93% alc./vol. (9.93° proof)
14.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Martin Pryce

18th August 2022 at 22:04

Nice and refreshing. Apple flavour dominates, ginger ale adds a little background but slightly one note. On addition of two dashes of angostura we felt this drink suddenly transformed into something much more enjoyable