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Very gentle, and very elegant. So simple, but satisfying with just the right balance of sweet (Apricot) and pungent (Dry Gin). Added to favourites.

I absolutely love how this cocktail takes equal parts of three seemingly incongruous partners and joins them to make one balanced and harmonious drink. Sad to see it out of the Cocktail Hall of Fame, but it will still have its glory at my little bar!

I enjoyed this drink, but I'm curious to try it with perhaps a splash of Benedictine. I got hints of a honey-esque sweetness, so maybe pulling back the apricot brandy and adding even 5ml of Benedictine could work.

I tried this with a 46.3% Finnish Kyrö rye gin. Boy does it become boozy at that point. Maybe something to try for those who find this with ‘normal’ gin too sweet!

Nicely balanced with apricot and apple fairly prevalent. Not overly sweet when using chilled water.

It was a little bit too sweet for my liking. So I dropped the Apricot brandy by .25oz and upped the Calvados by the same amount. Suited my palate much more.

This was another one on my wishlist to use some rarely used apricot brandy and it was very nice , I am wondering however if I could have added a dash of some bitters, maybe next time

What a great cocktail. Smooth and well balanced. The gin and calvados help to balance the sweetness of the Apricot. All three flavours can be detected. Might try the suggestion of using some cold packaged apple juice next time, but an organice one that is not too sweet.