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Aunt Emily

Name: Aunt Emily
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (31)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist or apricot wedge on rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Aunt Emily contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.37% alc./vol. (38.74° proof)
19.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

This vintage cocktail is notable due to its appearing in Charles H. Baker's 1939 An Exotic Drinking Book or Around The World With Jigger, Beaker and Flask. Baker says, "a creation of Sloppy Joe's, in Havana, years before his spot got to be a sort of halfway house for every itinerant American on the Island. The cocktail appears on Sloppy Joe's menus after 1932.

Review

Aunt Emily was onto something - equal parts gin, calvados, apricot brandy and orange juice combine well.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$33.99 $1.03 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$29.99 $0.91 per cocktail

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

$2.04 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 33 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Steve Erwood-Heijselaar 4y

Enjoyable fruity freshness for a sunny afternoon, but no offence, dearAunt Emily, I think I prefer to skip the orange juice and grenadine and enjoy a straightforward Angel Face instead.

Sally Morgan Premium Member 4y

Subtle fruity flavours

Beverly Stanton 4y

Nice however nothing special. Calvados is at the for front which I enjoyed.

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