

Those ingredients are joined by vodka, lemon juice, and honey syrup to brighten the drink like a crisp fall day. armagnac, calvados, pisco, Spanish brandy, American brandy, applejack. I went to the company website, and found a good list of recipes. This drink from award-winning bartender Naren Young pairs the fall flavors of pear brandy and hard apple cider for a seasonal stone-fruit fest in a glass. Heres a little about all six, including some of the drink recipes you can make. This wasn’t a sipping beverage-this liquor was made for mixing. As I poured it into a small glass for inspection, I could have mistaken it for a highly-filtered glass of apple juice. There was a hint of apple on the nose, but it was quickly overwhelmed by the vapors of alcohol, and the flavor is much the same. DIRECTIONS: Combine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice, stir and garnish with a lemon wedge. This is a cocktail that you can sip on and enjoy.

That being said, the pumpkin and apple flavors work well together. Apple cider to me always mellows out a cocktail. It’s 35% apple brandy and 65% grain neutral spirits. This cocktail mixes the flavors of spiced pumpkin rum and apple cider.
CAPTAIN APPLEJACK DRINK RECIPES LICENSE
When other distilleries and breweries shut down during Prohibition, some never to return, Laird and Company was granted a federal license under the Prohibition Act to produce apple brandy for “medicinal purposes.”Īpplejack, however, is not just an apple brandy. Around 1760, Applejack caught the fancy of one George Washington, who requested their recipe. According to their website, they first started production of Applejack in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1698. Laird and Company has an impressive history. Captain Morgan Sliced Apple, 70 cl Available now at The Drink Garden. Try it in hot mulled apple cider or in a Jack Rose cocktail. I headed out to my local liquor store to pick up a small bottle of Kaluha, but, as I was about to check out, a small bottle of Laird’s Applejack caught my eye. An American Calvados-style spirit made with grain spirit and apple brandy. Same 35 apple brandy and 65 neutral spirits. J.As the snow fell outside my door (in October!), I yearned for something liquid to keep me warm. Learn more about Applejack in the drink dictionary!Ī. The label states that it is blended and bottled by Hickory Town Distilling Co., the original brand behind the product, though it is now owned by Laird & Company. Supposedly 16 pounds of apples are required to create one bottle.

It is a blend of neutral spirits and apple brandy. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, pour the applejack, lemon juice, and grenadine. Choose from 39 drink recipes containing Applejack. Captain Apple Jack dates all the way back to 1934.
