Underhill-Lounge

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Date: January 30th, 2008

Knockin’ on Death’s Door

30 January, 2008 (16:23) | Gin | 2 comments

Last year some Wisconsin friends sent me an article about a new vodka from a company called Death’s Door Spirits. I was intrigued, mostly because it sounded like the company was distilling the base for its vodka themselves from locally grown wheat.
Later we found out that Death’s Door was also going to produce a [...]

Apple Jack (Special) Cocktail

30 January, 2008 (07:09) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Apple Jack (Special) Cocktail
2/3 Applejack. (2 oz Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy)
1/6 Grenadine. (1/2 oz home made Grenadine*)
1/6 Lemon Juice. (1/2 oz Lemon Juice)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
The Apple Jack (Special) Cocktail almost falls within what I would call “free pour error” of the nominally drier Jack Rose (in the Savoy the Jack Rose [...]