As soon as fall hits - it's officially time to embrace apple season as far as I'm concerned! This fall, I've created a Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail made with freshly juiced SweeTangoยฎ apples. It's a delicious, refreshing, and easy cocktail to create and enjoy within mere minutes!
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โญ Why Youโll Love This Recipe
The freshly squeezed apple juice for this recipe is made using SweeTangoยฎ apples - mouth-watering apples with a honeyed citrus flavor profile balanced with a hint of warm spices making them the perfect fit for our Spiced Apple Brandy cocktail!
It can be incredibly challenging to pick which apple to choose when you're at the grocery store, but SweeTangoยฎ makes it an easy choice when you hear more about how they are made!
SweeTangoยฎ apples were originally introduced in 2009 when horticulturalists from the University of Minnesota bred a Honeycrisp with a Zestar using time-honored techniques. The offspring produced the Minneiska treeโa special tree that grows a seasonal apple harvested in early fallโฆthe SweeTangoยฎ!
Across America and Canada, SweeTangoยฎ apples are raised in orchards by incredible farmers that are conscious and careful about their environmental impact, use the most rigorous quality control, and are committed to growing only the best apples!
These are crisp, incredibly juicy, and distinctly flavorful apples that you can find at your local grocery store! Head on over to SweeTangoยฎ website and use their locator to find a store near you that sells their delicious apples so that you can make this Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail for yourself!
๐ Using Fresh Apple Juice
This is an apple juice-based cocktail, complemented by apple brandy, lemon juice and a demerara sugar syrup. As one of the main core ingredients is apple juice, I chose to freshly juice a few SweeTangoยฎ apples in order to maximize flavor and freshness!
To juice my apples, a chose to quarter each whole apple before placing them in my juicer. I turned on my juicer, allowing the apple juice to strain into a cup as seen above. Finally, I set the apple juice aside before preparing my cocktail and stored the leftovers in the fridge to enjoy later!
โ How to Make a Cinnamon Sugar Cocktail Rim
Some of my favorite cocktails have salt or sugared rims โ in most recipes salt or sugar can act as an ingredient that helps to amplify the flavors within the recipe. The same is for cocktails!
Of course, there are so many pre-prepared rim sugars you can purchase online, but why buy some when you can easily make and adjust the flavors to your liking?
How do you make a sugar rim you ask? Hereโs my recipe in case you want to create your own โ simply mix the ingredients below together and you have your own homemade rim cinnamon sugar!
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- To prepare your cinnamon sugar-rimmed glass, add a bit of apple juice into a shallow bowl with a flat base.
- Then, add a few teaspoons of mixed cinnamon and sugar onto a separate small plate.
- Dip the rim of your glass in the apple juice, then coat the rim with cinnamon sugar before setting it aside while you mix your cocktail.
๐ดIngredients
There are only a few ingredients needed to create this cocktail! Here's what you'll want to round up:
- 2 oz Apple Brandy
- 2 oz SweeTangoยฎ Apple Juice
- ยฝ oz Lemon Juice
- ยฝ oz Simple Syrup, made with Demerara Sugar or you can use regular simple syrup
- Ice
- 3 SweeTangoยฎ apple Slices, for garnish
๐ Step by Step Instructions
Here's how to make this Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail for yourself:
- Once your sugar rim has been created and your SweeTangoยฎ apples have been juiced, it's time to make your cocktail!
- In a shaker, combine all ingredients and shake without ice for 30 seconds.
- Then, add ice and shake for an additional 30 seconds.
- Strain into your sugar rimmed glass, straining out the broken ice chips.
- Finally, slice a few SweeTangoยฎ apples and fan them slightly, place on a cocktail stick in your cocktail for garnish and serve!
โ The Golden Ratio
When mixing my own cocktails at home, I am ultimately looking for balance. For the most part, this Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail follows these balanced guidelines as well. The general guideline to follow when it comes to building cocktails is as follows:
- 2 Parts Alcohol (Gin, Brandy, Vodka, Rum, Tequila)
- 1 Part Sour (Lemon juice, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice)
- 1 Part Sweet (Simple Syrup, Vermouth, Cream, Compote, Liquor)
For more info on infusing simple syrups with flavors, check out my guide here!
By utilizing the basics above, you are more likely to achieve a balanced taste โ itโs a great guide to reference when developing your own recipes. Once you have your base, you can add additional flavors and notes in order to accomplish a more complex cocktail or one of my personal favorites โ the Pear Brandy Sour.
*This post has been sponsored by SweeTangoยฎ. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
๐ญ Recipe FAQs
Combine ounces of apple brandy, apple cider, maple syrup, and a dash of bitters in a cocktail shaker. Shake well and strain into a chilled coupe glass, garnishing with an orange twist and a maraschino cherry for that classic cocktail touch.
The apple flavor in the cocktail primarily comes from the apple cider and the Calvados apple brandy. Enhancing it with green apples and a squeeze of lemon juice ensures a refreshing and authentic apple taste and makes for an easy recipe!
Absolutely! For a hot toddy variation, heat apple cider, cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, and whole cloves in a small saucepan. Once warm, add ounces of apple brandy and serve in an old-fashioned glass with a star anise and orange slice.
For a festive twist, mix apple brandy with cranberry juice, ounces cinnamon spice sugar syrup, ginger beer, and a dash of simple syrup in a mixing glass. Serve in a rocks glass and garnish with an orange slice, making it a perfect fall seasonal cocktail for the holiday season or a special occasion.
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Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail
Equipment
- Glass for serving
Ingredients
Swee Tango Fresh Apple Juice
- 4 SweeTangoยฎ Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Rim
- 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail
- 2 oz Apple Brandy
- 2 oz SweeTangoยฎ Apple Juice
- ยฝ oz Lemon Juice
- ยฝ oz Simple Syrup, made with Demerara Sugar or you can use regular simple syrup
- Ice
- 3 SweeTangoยฎ Apple Slices, for garnish
Instructions
Swee Tango Fresh Apple Juice
- Quarter SweeTango Apples and place them in your juicer machine. Turn on Juicer and set fresh apple juice aside until you are ready to prepare your cocktail.4 SweeTangoยฎ Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Rim
- To prepare your cinnamon sugar-rimmed glass, add a bit of apple juice into a shallow bowl with a flat base.
- Then, add a few teaspoons of your mixed cinnamon and sugar onto a separate small plate.
- Dip the rim of your glass in the apple juice, then coat the rim with cinnamon sugar before setting it aside while you mix your cocktail.ย1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon, 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
- Once your sugar rim has been created and your apples have been juiced, it's time to make your cocktail!
Spiced Apple Brandy Cocktail
- In a shaker, combine all ingredients and shake without ice for 30 seconds.2 oz Apple Brandy, 2 oz SweeTangoยฎ Apple Juice, ยฝ oz Lemon Juice, ยฝ oz Simple Syrup
- Then, add ice and shake for an additional 30 seconds.Ice
- Strain into your sugar rimmed glass getting rid of the broken ice chips. Finally, slice a few SweeTango apples and fan them slightly, place on a cocktail stick in your cocktail for garnish and serve!3 SweeTangoยฎ Apple Slices
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