Instructions

Step 1

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into an old-fashioned glass with a large ice cube. Twist a 1" strip orange peel over cocktail; drop peel into glass.

Drinks

Apple Barrel

Name: Apple Barrel
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 oz. vermouth, preferably Uncouth Vermouth Apple Mint; 3 ⁄ 4 oz. apple brandy; 3 ⁄ 4 oz. cognac; 1 ⁄ 4 oz. Becherovka liqueur; 2 dashes apple bitters

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

INGALLS PHOTOGRAPHY

At the vermouth-focused bar Amor y Amargo in New York City, cognac, apple brandy, and an apple-mint vermouth are combined for a decidedly autumnal cocktail. Becherovka, a spicy, bittersweet Czech liqueur, lends a complex herbal flavor; dashes of apple bitters amp up the fruit aromatics. This recipe first appeared in our November 2014 issue with the story Vermouth on the Rise.

Ingredients

1 oz. vermouth, preferably Uncouth Vermouth Apple Mint
³⁄₄ oz. apple brandy
³⁄₄ oz. cognac
¹⁄₄ oz. Becherovka liqueur
2 dashes apple bitters

Instructions

Step 1

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into an old-fashioned glass with a large ice cube. Twist a 1" strip orange peel over cocktail; drop peel into glass.

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into an old-fashioned glass with a large ice cube. Twist a 1" strip orange peel over cocktail; drop peel into glass.