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Apple Pie Hot Toddy

By Arisa Valyear On
Presented by
Glendalough Distillery

Sweet and satisfying, this winter cocktail is layered with orchard apple sweetness, gentle spice, and festive winter warmth. Cheers!

 

 

Ingredients


Serves 1

  • 1.5 oz Glendalough Wild Botanical Irish Gin
  • 0.5 oz Highbank Orchard Syrup or Homemade Apple Syrup*
  • 0.25 oz Monin Apple Pie Syrup
  • 2 dashes Orange Bitters
  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • 0.25 oz Lemon Juice
  • 2.5 oz Hot Water
  • 1 oz Vanilla Cream**
  • Freshly grated nutmeg and thin apple slice, for garnish

Directions

  1. Add Highbank Orchard Syrup or Homemade Apple Syrup, Monin Apple Pie Syrup, bitters, Lemon juice, and hot water to a pre-warmed glass.
  2. Pour in Glendalough Wild Botanical Irish Gin and stir gently.
  3. Float vanilla cream on top.
  4. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and thin apple slice

Substitution & Prep Notes

*Homemade Apple Syrup

  1. Combine 8 oz good cloudy apple juice with 160g demerara brown sugar in a small pan.
  2. Bring to a high simmer, add sugar. and reduce to 1/3 of the overall volume.
  3. Cool before use.

**Vanilla Cream

  1. Mix 2.5 oz vanilla essence with 17 oz cream.
  2. Lightly whip until it will float.