Name: Apple Mac
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 45 ml Apple juice; 15 ml Ginger wine; 6 drop Ginger bitters

Apple Mac
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Blended Scotch whisky
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₂ oz	Ginger wine
6 drop	Bob's Ginger Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare thin apple slice (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float (dehydrated) apple slice for garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Scotch, ginger and apple are a threesome that play well together.

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Variant:

This cocktail also suits being served on-the-rocks in an old-fashioned glass.

History:

A 2004 riff on the classic Whisky Mac created by yours truly in London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Apple Mac contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.05% alc./vol. (16.05° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

7th June 2023 at 10:50

Wish I had ginger bitters on hand. I tried to substitute with 6 drops of Angostura with a little bit of muddled ginger root. Still flat. Also, the cocktail sort of blended into one without much distinction, so it was a little disappointing.