Escalator Cocktail

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (15 ratings)

Serve in

Martini glass

Garnish:

Pear slice

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz Poire William eau-de-vie
1/2 fl oz Bison grass vodka
2 fl oz Apple juice (cloudy & unsweetened)
1/6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
Loading...
Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition image

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition

Perhaps the world's biggest cocktail book! Certainly, our biggest yet, 624 pages, 6cm (2.3inch) thick and weighing 2.25kg (5lb). Our Seventeenth Edition

Buy it here
Easy Jigger image

Easy Jigger

The Easy Jigger® is a measure designed for use when making cocktails, primarily in the home but also by professional bartenders. It has a unique design

Buy it here

Review:

This orchard-fresh concoction was originally made with Korte Palinka (Hungarian pear schnapps).

History:

Created in 2002 by Kevin Connelly, England. It's called an escalator because the 'apples and pears', rhyming slang for 'stairs', are shaken.

Nutrition:

168 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 13.86% alc./vol. (27.72° proof)
  • 15.2 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.

Join the Discussion


... comment(s) for Escalator Cocktail

You must log in to your account to make a comment.

Report comment

You must be logged in to upvote or downvote a comment

Click here to login
Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition image

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition

Perhaps the world's biggest cocktail book! Certainly, our biggest yet, 624 pages, 6cm (2.3inch) thick and weighing 2.25kg (5lb). Our Seventeenth Edition

Buy it here
Easy Jigger image

Easy Jigger

The Easy Jigger® is a measure designed for use when making cocktails, primarily in the home but also by professional bartenders. It has a unique design

Buy it here
Welcome to Difford's Guide

All editorial and photography on this website is copyright protected

© Odd Firm of Sin 2024