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

Saucy Sue
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Photographed in an UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Ingredients:
1 oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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Variant:

California Zephyr

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.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Saucy Sue contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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John Hinojos

19th October 2021 at 03:21

Wonderful evening sipping cocktail. Great balance.

Jeremy Harrold

2nd April 2021 at 18:58

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!

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