CLASSIC · BONDED APPLEJACK / APPLE BRANDY

Newark

Name: Newark
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bonded Applejack / Apple Brandy; 30 ml Sweet Red Vermouth; 7.5 ml Maraschino Liqueur; 7.5 ml Fernet-Branca

Apple brandy, sweet vermouth, maraschino and Fernet — a Brooklyn variation from across the river, and a genuinely challenging drink.

Ingredients

Bonded Applejack / Apple Brandy60 ml

Sweet Red Vermouth30 ml

Maraschino Liqueur7.5 ml

Fernet-Branca7.5 ml

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Coupe glasses, set of 4Ad

Flavor

Apple · Cherry · Mint · Anise · Vanilla · Dark chocolate · Caramel

Estimated profile

A cigar alongside More like this

Method

1
Chill a coupe glass.
2
Combine the applejack, sweet vermouth, maraschino and Fernet-Branca in a mixing glass.
3
Add ice and stir for 25–30 seconds until well chilled.
4
Strain into the chilled coupe.
5
Serve without garnish.

The kit for this drink

Glassware Stir and measure

From the Bartender

Created in the mid-2000s in the New York bar scene as an applejack answer to the Red Hook and Greenpoint family of Brooklyn variations. Bonded applejack at 50% ABV is what the drink is built for — a softer apple brandy will be swamped by the Fernet.

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