Apple-achia Italiano
Shake, strain, up.
- Stone Fence (variant 2) — Hard cider, Whiskey, Apple brandy, Triple sec, Apple cider, Mint
- Kite Tail — Bourbon, Hard cider, Rhubarb syrup, Mint, Lemon
- ElderRyeDo — Elderflower hard cider, Rye
Shake, strain, up.
Add all ingredients, except for the orange peel, into a cocktail shaker with ice. Stir gently and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
So how sweet does this end up? Thanks, Zachary
Zachary - it is sweet, but I don't find it overwhelmingly or cloyingly so. The 'spicy-ness' and bitter elements seem well-balanced with the sweet from the Jager and the orangey notes from the Aperol. One note, though - I didn't have the bitters, so I subbed a small amount of SE Allspice dram and one ds of Bitter Truth Creole Bitters. I posted as I'm curious to explore interesting cocktail uses for Jagermeister.
Aperol and anise from jager combined well. Pimento bitters is essential, and add a little something allowing to tame the sweetness. I tried to add after a few sips 1/3 oz wray and nephew overproof: Not concluding! It tamed sweetness but taste too!
What about using amaro abano from luxardo which is dryer than montenegro ?
Do not have it...
Sother Teague at Amor y Amargo published in a 2015 Forbes article.
Stir, strain, on the rocks, garnish.
Source describes this as served in a Collins with an orange slice, but picture shows in a rocks glas with an orange horse's neck
Obviously on the sweet side, but it makes a good digestif.
Add ingredients to a mixing tin and stir aggressively to dissolve the Karo syrup into the drink. Add ice and hard shake until well chilled. Strain into a chilled single martini glass (4.5oz). Garnish with a star anise pod.
Gently warm 4oz of light Karo Syrup with 1 star anise pod and 3 whole cloves for ~10 minutes, making sure to keep it below a simmer. Strain and store.
I wanted to make a cocktail using a very non-traditional and currently taboo sweetener: Karo corn syrup. The richness and salinity of the aquavit played perfectly into this drink, and the spice addition added depth; clarifying the citrus added a sharpness and a bonus being visually cleaner, and the drink ended up with a luxurious, almost glassy texture to it. Really incredible!
How would you go about clarifying the juices? I've used gelatin to clarify stock before, but I've heard good things about agar. Could you mix the juices evenly then clarify the whole thing so you don't have multiple processes going at once? Thanks, Zachary
Zachary: I used the old egg-white technique (a "gel technique" that works because the acids of the juices cause the whites to curdle and glom onto solid particles to filter out)--that process also gets similar results with agar as well if you want to keep it vegan. If you don't have the money for a centrifuge you could just gravity-clarify (let the juice filter out naturally over a few days or so, though risking oxidation). And you can totally blend the juices to make it easier.
Stir all until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
*Dashfire's lemon bitters are clean, and succinct with a fresh lemon flavor and minimal bitterness.
It's rare I substitute everything in a drink, but made with Pierre Ferrand 1840, Kina L'Aero D'Or, BG Reynolds Falernum, R&W Peach, and Fee Bros. Lemon. Did not work very well with these substitutes. Would cut back peach to 1/4 oz when using R&W, for starters.
Sven: yes, the Rothman & Winter is significantly sweeter and more of a true liqueur, whereas the Edmund Briotett is actually a creme de peche, so, although sweet, it is more of a clean, fresh peach flavor. Additionally, the glycerin base of the Fee Brothers bitters is going to give that candy component that the Dashfire bitters definitely do not have.
Stir, strain on rock in old fashioned glass. Orange twist.
Stir over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Run the twist around the rim of the glass, then discard.
Long stir; rocks; garnish with burnt umbrella
My attempt to reconstruct; unknown bartender wouldn't reveal anything except the use of his own cherry bitters.
Made with Plantation 3 star, ginger syrup and fee bros cherry bitters. No idea how the original was supposed to taste but this was outrageous!
Made with Probitas, Barrows Intense Ginger, and smoked cherry bitters. Great drink.
Made the decision to shake and serve up. Very nice! Will try next time with a stir.
Dry shake; shake; coupe. Garnish with nutmeg.
See reference link for instructions on preparing syrup.
Build in Collins, crushed ice, swizzle, garnish.
Added a few dashes of Burlesque bitters. Really good addition.