The Jack Rose

I’ve had a bottle of applejack since my birthday and not really got around to doing anything with it. I’m not entirely convinced by applejack, it’s not apple brandy and not really as apple-y as I was expecting.

The first version of this I saw was in the PDT Cocktail Book, that recipe called for lemon juice and the Bonded (100 proof) version of Laird’s, which I didn’t have. I didn’t have lemons either, which was an oversight so I used half an oz of lime juice and half of grenadine*, I kept the applejack at 2oz!

What

2oz Laird Applejack

1/2 an oz grenadine

1/2 an oz lime juice

How

1) Fill a shaker with ice.

2) Add applejack, grenadine and lime juice.

3) Shake and strain into a chilled glass.

*Grenadine is really easy to make, it’s pomegranate with an equal amount of caster sugar dis-solved in it.