Calvados Cocktails

The most famous of the apple brandies comes from a region of Lower Normandy, where juice from choice apples is fermented into apple cider, double-distilled, and aged in oak barrels. À votre santé!

APPLE
TRIPTYCH

A work of art

2 ounces calvados

2 ounces DeKuyper apple schnapps

1 ounce apple juice

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

CALVADOS
AU CITRON

Apple brandy with lemon

2 ounces calvados

1 ounce lemon juice

½ ounce simple syrup

Lemon slice for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

CALVADOS
COOLER

With equal parts brandy and gin

2 ounces calvados

2 ounces gin

½ ounce lemon juice

½ ounce grenadine

Club soda

Lemon twist for garnish

Combine calvados, gin, juice, and grenadine in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass. Top with club soda to taste and garnish.

JACQUES
ROSE

A calvados version of the Jack Rose, a classic applejack cocktail from the Prohibition era

1½ ounces calvados

Juice of half a lime

1 teaspoon grenadine

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

POMME
ROUGE

Simple and satisfying

2 ounces calvados

2 ounces Dubonnet Rouge

Lemon twist for garnish

Combine brandy and Dubonnet in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and garnish.