Apple Jack (by Sasha Petraske)

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Applejack brandy bottled-in-bond (50% alc./vol)
1⁄2 oz Medium dry apple cider
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Sweet and sour with rich apple flavours and a brandy backbone.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by the late Sasha Petraske at his famous Milk & Honey bar, New York City, USA. Sasha was inspired by the Apple Jack Rabbit in The Savoy Cocktail Book.

The Apple Jack features in Georgette Moger-Petraske's 2016 Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails.

Apple Jack
½ oz (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Simple syrup
½ oz (15 ml) Apple cider
1½ oz (45 ml) applejack
Combine the lemon juice, simple syrup, apple cider, and applejack in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously until the drink is sufficiently chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe.

Georgette Moger-Petraske, Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails, 2016
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Nutrition:

One serving of Apple Jack (by Sasha Petraske) contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 20.11% alc./vol. (20.11° proof)
  • 17.1 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
26th September 2024 at 18:01
Pretty solid with Laird's 100 and Austin Eastciders dry. Possibly the blandest 4.5 rating I've given. (19 Jul 2024, 4:01p) ... better with Aspall dry cider; it's like spiked apple cider, tasty asf (26 Sep 2024, 2:00p)
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Georgette Moger-Petraske’s Avatar Georgette Moger-Petraske
18th April 2024 at 03:09
Sasha's original recipe calls for 1/2 oz apple cider (not juice) and 1/2 oz simple syrup (classic 1:1).
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
18th April 2024 at 09:03
Many thanks, Georgette. I've added the original recipe from Regarding Cocktails above. We Brits can be confused by the US use of cider and hard cider. I corrected the recipe (allowing for the use of richer 2:1 syrup).
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Geoff Blewitt’s Avatar Geoff Blewitt
24th January 2024 at 17:46
Cinnamon Apple Jack by GB: Add 1/2 fl oz of Cannella, which is a cinnamon cordial from Reno, Nevada. Complex, warm baked apple flavor, perfect by the fire on a winter’s evening after shoveling snow.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
1st March 2022 at 01:25
Great before dinner cocktail. Nice hint of apple, but not overly sweet. Well balanced. Used Laird's Bottled-in-Bond Apple Brandy.
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Matthew French’s Avatar Matthew French
12th November 2020 at 20:49
Looking for inspiration for an apple juice cocktail other than a Tatanka (or just straight bison-grass vodka and AJ), delicious as they are I came across this. Don't have Applejacks but do have Calvados (Avallen) - Apple Jacques, perhaps!
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Matthew French’s Avatar Matthew French
12th November 2020 at 23:16
Well of course I had to try it with 50ml, and yes it was better. Now, I have a surfeit of lemon juice! Luckily, I have the day off work tomorrow, so what next...
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
12th November 2020 at 22:18
Delicious with Avallen calvados but perhaps up to 50ml.
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Doug Charnock’s Avatar Doug Charnock
25th September 2020 at 01:17
After spending the afternoon crushing and pressing a whole lot of apples, this was just the thing. I used Laird’s 86 proof straight applejack with the fresh cider, but it was a little one dimensional. Substituting a lightly flavored cinnamon syrup I had did the trick to compliment the apple. Yum.
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