

The brand that I use, and the one you’ll find most here in the United States is Laird & Company. It’s a strong alcoholic beverage produced from apples. Look for the Applejack at your local liquor store.ℹ️ Where do you find the ingredients for this applejack cocktail? Strain the contents into a coupe glass and garnish with a slice of lemon.Place the applejack, almond syrup and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.Applejack – A brandy distilled from apples.Laird’s Applejack is a brand that is widely available, but any applejack brandy will work in this recipe. Perfect for spiking some warm Mulled Cider, or adding to an Apple Cider Cocktail or Apple Cider Moscow Mule. Most “applejack” today is more like an apple brandy. This clever method, also known as “jacking,” allowed drinkers to separate the alcohol that didn’t freeze from the ice remaining in the barrels, resulting in a high-proof “applejack. ℹ️ What is Applejack?Īccording to, Applejack was created when “resourceful colonists upped cider’s alcohol content by leaving barrels outside overnight to freeze. However, one of them, the Harvest Moon, appears to have disappeared from cocktail lists since that time.ĭescribed as being an “applejack sour with orgeat” – I wanted to set out on the mission of recreating this vintage cocktail at home.īut first thing’s first. The list starts with an Old Fashioned, and ends with a Daiquiri, with the rest of the cocktails on the list being reasonably well known. The 1934 December-edition of Esquire Magazine includes a list of the “Top 10” most popular cocktails.
