
Applejack Rabbit
ClassicApple brandy, lemon, orange, and maple syrup, shaken and served up.
ClassicFruityAutumnCitrusy
3 minEasyBalanced
Baked apple and soft oak, brightened by lemon and orange, with a deep maple sweetness underneath. Tart, fruity, and round.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Calvados
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 0.5 oz Fresh Orange Juice
- 0.5 oz Maple Syrup
- Lemon peel · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the Calvados, lemon juice, orange juice, and maple syrup to a shaker with ice.
- 2
Shake until well-chilled.
- 3
Strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Express a lemon peel over the drink and drop it in.
The Story
The Applejack Rabbit is an American sour built on apple brandy and sweetened with maple syrup, a pairing that tastes like New England in the fall. It is a Prohibition-era drink that has returned to cocktail menus.
Glass · Coupe glassGarnish · Lemon peel