Sidewinder
Cognac, apple brandy, yellow Chartreuse, Bénédictine, Peychaud’s bitters, absinthe
Cognac, apple brandy, yellow Chartreuse, Bénédictine, Peychaud’s bitters, absinthe
apple brandy, Angostura, orgeat, lemon, cinnamon, hot water
Calvados, amaro, sweet vermouth, cinnamon
Calvados Domfrontais. This was my birthday bottle treat to myself, and it was SO delicious I literally drank like a quarter of the bottle in one day (oops). The French really know how to do their brandies right. Outside of well-known Cognac and the more rustic Armagnac (both made from…
apple brandy, sugar, bitters, salt
applejack, lemon, Amaro Montenegro, jam, bitters
Laird’s Applejack. Laird’s is the oldest licensed distillery of applejack, a truly American spirit deeply rooted in the appletree-abundant colonial northeast. During a time when clean water was limited, early colonists turned to hard beverages, which were safer for consumption (well, in some ways).Apples were abundant in the area and thus…
Roger Groult Calvados Pays d’Auge. Calvados is a spirit you may not be familiar with, but should be! Calvados is an apple brandy (spirit distilled from apples, sometimes pears) from France that’s regulated by an appellation (which defines where the apples must be grown and the process for creating the spirit). The…