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Apple Jack (by Sasha Petraske)
Sweet and sour with rich apple flavours and a brandy backbone
G. M. Genovese
26th September 2024 at 18:01
Pretty solid with Laird's 100 and Austin Eastciders dry. Possibly the blandest 4.5 rating I've given. (19 Jul 2024, 4:01p) ... better with Aspall dry cider; it's like spiked apple cider, tasty asf (26 Sep 2024, 2:00p)
18th April 2024 at 03:09
Sasha's original recipe calls for 1/2 oz apple cider (not juice) and 1/2 oz simple syrup (classic 1:1).
18th April 2024 at 09:03
Many thanks, Georgette. I've added the original recipe from Regarding Cocktails above. We Brits can be confused by the US use of cider and hard cider. I corrected the recipe (allowing for the use of richer 2:1 syrup).
24th January 2024 at 17:46
Cinnamon Apple Jack by GB: Add 1/2 fl oz of Cannella, which is a cinnamon cordial from Reno, Nevada. Complex, warm baked apple flavor, perfect by the fire on a winter’s evening after shoveling snow.
1st March 2022 at 01:25
Great before dinner cocktail. Nice hint of apple, but not overly sweet. Well balanced. Used Laird's Bottled-in-Bond Apple Brandy.
12th November 2020 at 20:49
Looking for inspiration for an apple juice cocktail other than a Tatanka (or just straight bison-grass vodka and AJ), delicious as they are I came across this. Don't have Applejacks but do have Calvados (Avallen) - Apple Jacques, perhaps!
12th November 2020 at 23:16
Well of course I had to try it with 50ml, and yes it was better. Now, I have a surfeit of lemon juice! Luckily, I have the day off work tomorrow, so what next...
12th November 2020 at 22:18
Delicious with Avallen calvados but perhaps up to 50ml.
25th September 2020 at 01:17
After spending the afternoon crushing and pressing a whole lot of apples, this was just the thing. I used Laird’s 86 proof straight applejack with the fresh cider, but it was a little one dimensional. Substituting a lightly flavored cinnamon syrup I had did the trick to compliment the apple. Yum.