Apricot Brandy Sour
The citrusy APRICOT BRANDY SOUR is a simple 2-ingredient mix: apricot brandy and sour mix. While you can always buy a sour mix at the grocery store, it will never be as good or fresh as one you prepare yourself....
Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Maraschino / Twofer Tuesday
by Keet · Published October 13, 2026 · Last modified October 12, 2026
The citrusy APRICOT BRANDY SOUR is a simple 2-ingredient mix: apricot brandy and sour mix. While you can always buy a sour mix at the grocery store, it will never be as good or fresh as one you prepare yourself....
Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Curacao / Daily Mix / Whiskey (blended)
by Keet · Published September 22, 2026 · Last modified September 23, 2026
The BITTERSWEET JACK elevates Jack Daniel’s with a dash of apricot liqueur and orange curaçao. It’s stirred and served like a Manhattan, but with no vermouth involved it more closely resembles an Old Fashioned. Requirements: Jack Daniel’s whiskey, apricot liqueur...
The TULIP is a semi-sweet cocktail, but not excessively sweet, perfect for spring. It is complex and somewhat floral from applejack (or calvados), apricot liqueur and lemon juice. The mix is traced back to Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book,...
Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Lillet / Rum
by Keet · Published February 10, 2026 · Last modified February 15, 2026
The CULROSS (“cool-ROSS”) is a medium-sweet rum-based cocktail that suits any season. This blend of white rum, Lillet Blanc, apricot brandy and lemon juice dates back to the 1930s Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock. It’s well balanced and easily...
Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Gin / Throwback Thursday / Vermouth (sweet & dry)
by Keet · Published January 30, 2026 · Last modified January 28, 2026
From Harry Craddock and the Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930 comes the gin-based WEBSTER. This cocktail is balanced, dry, slightly tart from the lime juice and has apricot notes from the apricot brandy. Depending on personal preference and the brand...
Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Gin / Grenadine / Orange Juice
by Keet · Published September 3, 2024
The GOLDEN DAWN is a fruity and tart, yet complex “martini.” It’s not a traditional martini with vermouth. But the bitters mixed with gin, apricot brandy and applejack give it a power-punch equivalent to a martini. The orange juice infusion...
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