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Golden Dawn

This amazing cocktail was a winner of the ICC 1930 (London). Nine years later Walter Madigan mixed it without calvados and won ICC 1939.

I think now it may be considered as a pure classic (well, at least as an interesting vintage cocktail).

It has complicated taste with undertones of fruits (ripe apples, dried fruits, grapes, apricots) and fabulous look with a little summer sun in your glass.

You may read an interesting related post about the cocktail from Paul Clarke.

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Golden Dawn

25 ml gin
25 ml apricot brandy
25 ml calvados
25 ml fresh orange juice
3 drops of grenadine
Shake (without grenadine). Cocktail, drop grenadine for effect of dawn.

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Tropicana Belle

There is a very interesting new thing in my home bar – Boulard Calvados Pays d’Auge.

I think this rather weird cocktail (with two base liquors) can make me recall sweet memories about summer today’s cold, dank evening.

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Tropicana Belle

15 ml Galliano
15 ml Calvados
15 ml genever
8 ml maraschino cherry juice
Blend with a lot of ice, serve in a snifter.

Weird! But sweet and rather tasty :)