Mad Apple Cocktail Recipes
It’s Mad Apple season! Our flagship European-style dry apple brandy is distilled from Vermont apples. The result is an aromatic brandy with fresh apple notes on the nose, oak spice and vanilla on the palate, and a crisp apple finish.
We release this limited spirit each fall, and it really is a quintessential sipper to enjoy in the autumn season. You can sip it all on its own, but we also utilize Mad Apple in a variety of cocktail recipes like the Jack Rose, so you can enjoy this spirit in a number of different ways.
Looking for cocktail inspiration with your bottle of Mad Apple? Read below to try some of our favorites from home:
Ingredients - Yields 1 Cocktail:
-2 oz. of Mad Apple
-1 oz. of Grenadine
-1/2 oz. of Lime Juice
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake for about 8-10 seconds. Strain contents into a coupe glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Ingredients - Yields 1 Cocktail:
-2 oz. of Mad Apple
-1 tsp. of Vermont Maple Syrup
-2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Instructions:
In a mixing glass with ice, combine maple syrup, bitters and Mad Apple. Stir well, then strain contents into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with an apple or an orange swath.
Ingredients - Yields 1 Cocktail:
-2 oz. of Mad Apple
-3/4 oz. of Orgeat
-3/4 oz. of Lemon Juice
-1/4 oz. of Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker over ice. Shake briefly, then strain contents into a small wine glass. Garnish with Peychaud's Bitters.
Ingredients - Yields 1 Cocktail:
-1 oz. of Mad Apple Brandy
-1 sugar cube
-2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
-Chilled Sparkling Wine
Instructions:
Put the two dashes of bitters on a sugar cube. Place the sugar cube (with bitters) in the bottom of a champagne glass. Add Mad Apple over the sugar cube. Top the glass with sparkling wine.
Ingredients - Yields 1 Cocktail:
-2 oz. of Mad Apple
-1 oz. of green peppermint candy cane infused Rum 44
Instructions:
In a mixing glass with ice, combine the Mad Apply Brandy with peppermint infused Rum 44. Stir well, then strain over crushed ice. Garnish with fresh mint and orange zest.
To make candy cane infused Rum 44:
add 2 standard size green striped candy canes to a bottle with 16 ounces of Rum 44. Leave the candy canes in the container until they dissolve.
Our Mad Apple Brandy is only available for a limited time each year, so make sure you stop into our Burlington Tasting Room soon to get a bottle before it sells out. If you are looking to make any of the recipes above, you can find most of the other ingredients right in our retail section, including bottles of Rum 44, grenadine, bitters, and maple syrup. If you have any questions while you’re there, our team is always happy to help. Cheers!
Written and published by Brianne Lucas on October 1, 2023.
