3-ingredient Calvados cocktails

Angel Face

Rich apricot and apple with a backbone of botanical gin. Balanced rather than dry or sweet. This drink looks better when stirred but the Harry Craddock's

Apple Cart

A splash of apple liqueur helps balance this otherwise overly sour calvados-based Sidecar.

Bentley

Dry, spiced wine impregnated with apple - pretty damn good.

Calvados Cocktail

Apple is somewhat dominated by orange but a pleasing dry, zesty, fruity combo nonetheless.

Cider Apple Cooler

Not so far away from the taste of strong dry cider.

Diki-Diki

Fruity yet tart. Apple brandy and grapefruit with the distinctive twang of Swedish Punch.

Empire Cocktail

Apricot fortified by gin and apple brandy. Craddock's 1930 recipe calls for this cocktail to be shaken rather than stirred, indeed it's a cocktail that

Jack-in-the-Box

Smooth 'n' easy pineapple laced with apple brandy. If you like this, then you may also like French Martinis

Jack Maples

Maple syrup smooths apple brandy, even as it enhances its character.

Manicure

Due to the use of Calvados and honeyed Scotch herbal liqueur, for a brief moment of madness, this riff on a Rusty Nail was going to be called 'French Nail

Oceans 21

Apple, cranberry and orange harmoniously presented.

Princess Mary's Pride

Apple brandy to the fore, followed by aromatised wine.

Princess Pride

Vic's improved version of the Princess Mary's Pride cocktail.

Saison Highball

Brewed and distilled apple combine in this long dry (depending on your cider), very lightly carbonated highball.

The Star

Like many old classics, this drink needs dilution so stir until you're bored and thirsty.

Widow's Kiss

Herbal with hints of apple, mint and eucalyptus. This classic is also often made with green Chartreuse but we prefer as per classic recipes with half Yellow

Woxum

The flavour of Chartreuse shines through in this slightly sweet, spirituous cocktail. Historically served straight-up but we prefer on-the-rocks in an

Apple Blossom Cocktail

Concentrated lightly herbal apple with subtle zesty citrus. Quick to make and stupidly simple yet delicious.

Calvados & Tonic

Crisp dry apple with delicate quinine tonic bitterness.

Harvest Cocktail

Boozy with notes of spiced apple brandy. A great after-dinner sipper.

Orchard Keeper

Apple brandy delicately sweetened and flavoured with honey and aromatised by vermouth.

Pomme et Sureau

Light, long and refreshing apple and elderflower.

Salvamento

Bittersweet and complex with apple brandy, zesty citrus and faint rose.

A. J.

Amazingly simple and beautifully balanced.

Twelve Miles Out Cocktail

Stir or shake (as originally stipulated in The Savoy Cocktail Book) this cocktail is still boozy. However, it's also wonderfully aromatic with all three