Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack |
| 2/3 fl oz | Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine |
| 1/3 fl oz | Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.) |
| 1 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
Review:
Medium-dry, spiritous aromatised apple with delicate grape/berry fruit and faint orange.
History:
The Ante notably features in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
ANTE COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
¼ Hercules.
¼ Cointreau.
½ Calvados or Apple Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
The Savoy recipe calls for Hercules, a sadly long since defunct product that vintage newspaper advertisements for the brand describe as being a "Maté-Wine Apéritif" with an "alcohol strength over 25°."
Our recipe (updated August 2020) reflects one I found back in 2006 on DrinkBoy.com which substitutes Dubonnet Red for Hercules.
Nutrition:
162 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 28.64% alc./vol. (57.28° proof)
- 23 grams of pure alcohol
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