JavaScript is not enabled!
For information on how to enable Javascript on your browser click here.

Saucy Sue

Name: Saucy Sue
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Calvados apple brandy; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 5 ml Apricot liqueur; 1 dash Absinthe

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (16)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
1 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Saucy Sue contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
31% alc./vol. (62° proof)
20.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

This "exhumed classic" was brought to our attention by Jason E. Clapham and originally appeared in Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.

SAUCY SUE COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Apricot Brandy.
1 Dash Absinthe.
½ Calvados.
½ Brandy.
Stir well and squeeze orange peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

This cocktail is eponymously named after a British filly racehorse famed for winning both the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and The Oaks at Epsom Downs Racecourse. She raced between July 1924 and October 1925 winning eight of her ten races.

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Review

Sue may not be particularly saucy, but she certainly has spirit – equal parts calvados and cognac with the merest splash of apricot liqueur and a dash of absinthe.

Variations/similar cocktails

California Zephyr

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$29.99 $0.20 per cocktail

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 640 cocktails
$17.99 $0.03 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

$0.23 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 150.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.

Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Wonderful evening sipping cocktail. Great balance.

Jeremy Harrold 5y

A fascinating cocktail that needs slight adjustments to take into account all the individual components. There may only be four but tread warily. The absinthe is always the unruly child. When you get it right, all the flavours blend together to create an intriguing drink. It tastes stronger than it looks!

View 2 comments and discussion

See more...