Whiskey Cocktail Recipes

Dive into the world of whiskey with The Drinky Drink Project. Here, you’ll find various whiskey cocktail recipes that will blow your mind. Contact me for more information.

apple brandy, sloe gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, Peychaud’s bitters, club soda⁣
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I found this recipe in Death & Co Modern Classic Cocktails book.⁣
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I was browsing this book and this cocktail stood out to me as the perfect drink to celebrate fall in Texas. Fall flavors? Check! An icy cold drink because it was nearly 100 degrees on the dog walk this afternoon? Check!⁣
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I was also excited to try this because two of my favorite, generally unsung, ingredients are in this one – apple brandy and sloe gin. For the apple brandy, I had a choice…I could have used Calvados, an apple brandy made in France. Or good ol’ American Applejack. Applejack is often considered more of a whiskey made of apples. But if you ask the Laird family, the folks who have been making Applejack since 1698, they’ll tell you it’s an apple brandy. And they’re not wrong.⁣
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Whatever you call it, Applejack is uniquely American. George Washington loved it. Abe Lincoln served it up when he was a bartender. And FDR added it to his martinis. Before the US started drinking whiskey and bourbon, applejack was the booze of choice.⁣ (And so easy to make. Just let a pail of apple juice freeze on the back porch and remove the ice. Ferment what is left.)⁣
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I’m not making as many cocktails as I was earlier in the project (more on that below), but one of my favorite things about each cocktail is learning the history of the recipe and ingredients. Applejack is delicious and has a very cool history in this young country.⁣
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