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Apple Jack (by Sasha Petraske)
Sweet and sour with rich apple flavours and a brandy backbone
Marie-Therese Straus
5th December 2025 at 05:59
This is an outstanding cocktail. It's simple but every part works together beautifully to create something much greater. It's refreshing and balanced and just seems to convey the quintessence of apple flavour. I used Laird's Bottled in Bond and Gowan's Sierra Beauty Cider and followed the recipe to the letter. A virtually perfect drink.
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.