Name: Last Straw
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 45 ml Elderflower liqueur; 45 ml Medium dry cider; 45 ml Apple juice

Last Straw
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Elderflower liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Medium dry apple cider
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of apple wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with apple wedge on rim.

Cocktail of the day:

3rd January 2025 is The drinking straw was patented this day

Review:

Three stages of the apple's alcoholic journey, juice, cider and brandy, are sweetened and aromatised by elderflower liqueur.

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History:

Created in 2006 by yours truly. We used the last straw we had left to sample the first one. Fortunately, there are alternatives to plastic straws.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Last Straw contains 268 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
11.95% alc./vol. (11.95° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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G. M. Genovese

19th July 2024 at 20:28

Pretty good balance up using Laird's BIB. Not sure if it would hold up in a Collins over ice unless some extra apple brandy and/or lemon juice acidity was employed.

John Hinojos

3rd September 2021 at 01:45

Very refreshing. The different flavours of apple make it most interesting. For my taste, I may back off the Elderflower a little, or substitute some in-bond applejack for some of the calvados. Great cocktail.

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