CLASSIC · GIN

Paradise

Name: Paradise
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Apricot Brandy; 15 ml Fresh Orange Juice

A classic pre-Prohibition gem, the Paradise is a beautifully balanced short drink that layers the botanicals of gin with the honeyed stone-fruit sweetness of apricot brandy and a bright squeeze of fresh orange juice.

Ingredients

Gin30 ml

Apricot Brandy20 ml

Fresh Orange Juice15 ml

Glassware

Cocktail glass

Chilled.

Flavor

Apricot · Honey · Juniper · Orange · Orange blossom

Estimated profile

A cigar alongside More like this

Method

1
Add gin, apricot brandy, and fresh orange juice to a cocktail shaker.
2
Fill the shaker with ice.
3
Shake vigorously for 10–12 seconds until well chilled.
4
Double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
5
Serve immediately, ungarnished.

From the Bartender

The Paradise was popularised by Harry Craddock in The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930). For best results, use a well-balanced London Dry gin and a quality apricot liqueur such as Giffard Abricot du Roussillon - the better the apricot component, the more harmonious the drink.

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