Name: Bertram's Cap
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Calvados apple brandy; 25 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Honey and water syrup; 4 drop Grapefruit bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Bertram's Cap
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
⁵⁄₆ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
4 drop	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of apple slice (fresh or dehydrated).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with apple slice floated on surface.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Apple, honey and grapefruit presented as a harmonious trio.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Jessica Sanders at Drink.Well gastropub in Austin, Texas, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bertram's Cap contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
16.33% alc./vol. (16.33° proof)
14.7 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

10th January 2023 at 01:25

Wonderful cocktail. We make our own honey syrup from local wildflower honey which resulted in just a slight hint of honey flavour. The hint of apples and the citrus from the grapefruit makes for a a very well-rounded cocktail.

Florian Ruf

20th December 2021 at 21:49

At last in our cold countries I would reduce or even omit the grapefruit bitters.

Kjell Eriksson

14th December 2021 at 17:33

This one wasn’t quite to my liking, the taste of honey (“tasting much sweeter than wine”) dominated the experience. I used Monet’s honey syrup. Next time perhaps, less honey syrup and more regular sugar syrup. Tough one to place in the choice between “Tried and liked” and “Tried and didn’t like”. I sort of “like” most drinks, more or less. Anyway, I gave it a 3.