Name: Kentucky Dream
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Vanilla liqueur; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 30 ml Apple juice

Kentucky Dream
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Giffard Vanille de Madagascar
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR vanilla liqueur and bitters with two ice cubes in a glass. Add half the bourbon and two more ice cubes. Stir some more and add another two ice cubes and the rest of the bourbon. Add the last two ingredients and more ice cubes and stir lots more. The melting and stirring of the ice cubes is essential to the dilution and taste of the drink.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Tames bourbon and adds hints of apricot, vanilla and apple.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Wayne Collins for Maxxium UK.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Kentucky Dream contains 231 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
22.7% alc./vol. (22.7° proof)
27.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett

12th September 2024 at 17:09

I....don't think I particularly liked this, sadly. First off, it's quite sweet. Very sweet. I have no idea what the multi-stage construction adds. It tastes like a fruity sour that forgets to add any sour. It's not a sour, but it's also in no way spirit-forward enough for a nightcap sipper.

Shogi Redbrook

6th May 2024 at 23:36

Very smooth, pleasant and hard to classify, seems like it would work as a digestif on a sunny early evening. Definitely needs a double old fashioned I’d say, not just a standard OF glass.

Herbert Brant

25th December 2022 at 21:59

Charming cocktail. Since I didn't have apple juice, I substituted Calvados. The result was wonderfully fruity, and perfectly balanced on the sweet-bitter line. A delight!

John Hinojos

31st October 2021 at 00:27

This is great. It does need a lot and a long stir. Hint of sweetness, but not overwhelming. Very good aperitif.

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