I’m passing on a drink I learned about from reading Dr. Cocktail’s column in Imbibe Magazine ( Jan/Feb 07). I LOVE this drink. You have to try it. I insist. The Apple Ginger Sangaree is a perfect fireside cocktail because the ingredients are all winter flavors – apple, ginger, nutmeg. The drink has a nostalgic, old-time taste. When you are sipping it, you feel as if you are tasting something men and women once enjoyed years back. The kind of flavors your Grandfather or his Dad may have enjoyed. I’ll warn you, one of the bottles you’ll need may be hard to find but look for it. I found one after a few days on the phone.
Here we go –
- 1 ½ ounces of Stone’s Ginger Wine
This is the hard find. It’s a raisin wine with a very strong ginger flavor. I found a bottle (and continue to do so) in a little liquor store near my old neighborhood. The bottles were gathering dust but the cashier knew the wine. He even commented that I must be mixing up something old school. - 2 ounces Calvados
- 1/4 ounce of simple syrup (as one cup water begins to boil, add one cup sugar. Stir ‘til clear and let cool to room temperature on the stove. Bottle and throw in your fridge. Will last forever in there.)
Fill double old-fashioned glass with cracked-ice. Combine ingredients in glass and stir ‘til mixed. Sprinkle ground nutmeg on top of drink and get ready for one hell of a cocktail experience. I think you’ll really like this one.
