Pomme Carnaval · The Bartender's Lounge

Pomme Carnaval

The inspiration for this one sparked from a locally crafted krupnik style liqueur with heavy notes of cloves and honey 🍯. A quick taste reminded me of clove candy from my youth which then lead to candied apple at winter carnivals that had candy coating spiced cinnamon and clove. So tinkered with an old fashion template.

Quite happy with the results. Bright apple cinnamon, clove aroma with the sip shifting into the baked apple 🍎, with hints of wood chip smoke, honey 🍯, baking spices and a spicy finish lead by clove and cinnamon lingering because of the spicy bitters. As the ice melts the apple becomes even more present. The evolution mimics the candied apple as one tended to get more candy early and more apple as it is consumed.

Since the liqueur would be almost impossible to find make honey 🍯 syrup (3:1) and let whole cloves infuse until the clove is almost dominant.

For the apple ice sphere a simpler way is pouring 2 oz (60ml) of apple juice in a glass and freezing it. No need to fiddle with a mold.

Hope yous try this and let me know.

Pommes Carnaval

2.5 oz (75ml) Apple Brandy

⅓ oz (10ml) Cinnamon Syrup

⅓ oz (10ml) Honey Clove Syrup

3 drops Salt Solution

1 drop Spicy Bitters

2 dashes Smoked Apple Bitters

Apple Juice Ice Sphere

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