This is an excellent and refreshing summertime cocktail. As one who prefers drier cocktail options, I have leaned into making this now with dry apricot eau-de-vie instead of an apricot liqueur. While Harry Craddock didn't really specify whether he meant eau-de-vie or liqueur when he gave his recipe for this cocktail, I tend to believe that "apricot brandy" at this time would have meant eau-de-vie. Nevertheless, both versions are great!

I finally found some Austrian apricot eau-de-vie. Good and expensive but worth it. I tried this with the eau-de-vie instead of the apricot liqueur and the other Pendennis Club (I believe the 1939 Baker recipe that calls for "dry apricot brandy"). They are both sublime. I love a cold, dry cocktail, and these fit the bill.