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Harvest Moon (1930s recipe)

Name: Harvest Moon (1930s recipe)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Applejack brandy; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Orgeat syrup; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Applejack brandy bottled-in-bond (50% alc./vol)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Harvest Moon (1930s recipe) contains 151 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.46% alc./vol. (38.93° proof)
17.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

History

We have Robert Hess and his The Cocktail Spirit podcast to thank for the Harvest Moon and drawing our attention to its feature in a list of the Top 10 Most Popular Cocktails in the December 1934 edition of Esquire Magazine.

Review

Described as being an "applejack sour with orgeat," we've adapted the recipe to use commercially available orgeat. If using a more artisan orgeat then you may want to use as much as 30ml/1oz orgeat and forgo the sugar and water.

There is no orange in the cocktail but it's surprising how much the orange zest twist influences this drink and adds complexity.

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Comments & Discussion

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Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

This is very tasty and indeed orangy.

Juan Simon 1y

Sweet and smooth

Jim Plante 3y

As of late, I’ve been enamored with sours. This is a delightful cocktail, as John Hinojos suggested with Lairds bonded 100 proof apple brandy. I may very well try it with egg whites and serve it in a old fashion glass but I so love my antique coupes and love to part of a good contrail in them!

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Great. Made with Laird's Bottled-in-bond Applejack. Perfect balance. Not sweet which was my concern with the recipe. Very flavourful.

Patrick Moore 5y

A delicious, well balanced drink for autumn. I substituted Calvados for the Applejack and served it on the actual Harvest Moon, October 1, 2020.

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