Ol' 44

Name: Ol' 44
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Orgeat; 1 dash Angostura Bitters; 15 ml Cranberry Syrup; 23 ml Apple Brandy; 23 ml Lime Juice; 15 ml Batavia Arrack; 23 ml Dry Apricot Brandy

Apple brandy and dry apricot brandy shaken with lime juice, orgeat, Batavia Arrack and cranberry syrup, sharpened by a dash of Angostura. Fruity and tart, with a dry edge. Created by Rafa García Febles in New York in 2012.

Rafa García Febles created the Ol' 44 in 2012, drawing on two earlier cocktails: Stephen Shellenberger's Arrack Apricot Sour and Jordan Devereaux's Happy 'Rack. The drink merges elements of both into a new twist.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Sour

Sweet

Warm