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Drinks mixed with applejack brandy1/9/2024 ![]() Blood orange Moscow mule - Blood oranges are always a treat and this one brings in their sweet-tart flavor to the ginger mixture.Ginger pomegranate Moscow mule - Pomegranate is such a lovely fall/winter flavor and I love the sound of this recipe that combines its juice with ginger and lime.Asian pear Moscow mule - This fall mule takes advantage of Asian pear season and features pear vodka.Apple cider Moscow mule - This one features fresh, spiced apple cider alongside the ginger and lime.In the crisp autumn weather, there are quite a few recipes you can enjoy because so many fall flavors go well with ginger. Moscow mules are great in the summer because they can help you beat the heat, but I love them all year long. Stemless mule mugs Buy Now → Moscow Mules for Fall You can also just use a regular ol’ glass - really, that is fine. Moscow mules are often served in a copper mule mug which keeps them super cold.Īs you can see I found silver mule mugs, which are just as fun if copper isn’t your style! The one I used in this recipe is from Coppercraft Distillery which I picked up on a trip to Michigan. There are also a number of small distilleries producing applejack. ![]() Laird’s, which was founded in the late 1600s, is still one of the top apple brandy brands out there. ![]() Today, applejack can still be found on the liquor store shelves. They learned they could leave barrels of the cider outside overnight to freeze, which is a method called “jacking.” It allowed them to separate any alcohol that didn’t freeze from the ice in the barrels, which gave them the higher-proof applejack. In the 1600s - pre-bourbon, that is - colonists in the Northeast produced hard cider with their apple orchard wares. What is applejack?Īpplejack, also known as apple brandy, is a spirit that’s distinctly American. The recipe I am making today uses applejack instead of vodka, and it bring a bright, crisp apple flavor to the cocktail. See also this bourbon mule, this gin mule and this tequila mule. Mules can also be made with other spirits. What is a Moscow mule?Ī Moscow mule is a cocktail that’s classically made with vodka, lime juice and ginger beer. In fact, I even ranked all the best ginger beers this summer so that you can make mules for yourself with the level of gingery spiciness you desire. And you should know I love to make mules. If you’ve been here a while, we all know I love a classic Moscow mule. I’m also going to be stocking up on applejack so I can enjoy it in more fall cocktails like this applejack Moscow mule. What intrigues me is this year they also have an apple crisp macchiato - I’m looking forward to trying that one.Īpples are one of my favorite parts of fall, and though the chilly weather hasn’t arrived here yet, it will be lovely when it does so I can make a big batch of homemade apple cider on the stove. It seems that this drink comes back earlier and earlier every year. This spiced mule is made with apple brandy and tastes like autumn in a glass mule mug.Įarlier this week the pumpkin spice lattes came back to our country’s favorite coffee shop chain. And if you're looking to upgrade your usual sidecar, you'll absolutely want to get acquainted with our new favorite use of Cognac: this spicy grapefruit sidecar.Fall is around the corner, so it’s time to learn how to make an Applejack Moscow Mule. Our Pisco Sour recipe highlights smooth, earthy Chilean-Peruvian Pisco brandy, and Calvados (apple brandy) is the key to our favorite Appletini and Big Apple Manhattans. That being said, if you want to make brandy the star, by all means, go for it. ![]() What these drinks have in common is their use of an apple brandy as the base spirit. Craddock may have been fond of rabbits, as he also lists an Apple Jack and the Apple Jack (Special). Our favorite introduction to brandy is using it as a way to add body to a refreshing red sangria and some boozy decadence to eggnog and mulled wine. The Apple Jack recipe we present is actually a derivative of the Apple Jack Rabbit cocktail that appears in Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book. Most importantly, how do you use brandy? Brandy is such a multi-dimensional liquor, and it lends a mellow sweetness (ranging from notes of cherry and apple all the way to anise) to some of our favorite classic cocktails. Brandy is also an umbrella term for a wide variety of liquors you probably already enjoy, like Cognac (which is strictly made in Cognac, France with white grapes), Pisco, Grappa, Kirschwasser, Ouzo, Applejack, and Calvados. The sweet and fruity liquor is great on ice as an amazing after-dinner night cap, but we think it's even better when used these iconic brandy mixed drinks, like Brandy Alexanders, sidecars, and cherry Sazeracs.įirst things first: What is brandy anyway? Simply put, brandy is a spirit made by distilling fermented fruit juice (i.e., wine), which are then aged in oak casks. ![]() When you think of brandy, do you only thinking of sipping it neat? Well, it's time to shake things up (literally) with some long-overdue cocktails. ![]()
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