PREP TIME 5 min
It all starts with a dream and our gin-based Apple Dream Cocktail has all the comforting autumnal flavors of apple, elderflower, and blackberry your heart desires for a cozy cocktail night in, snuggled up by a crackling fireplace. It kinda reminds us of a baked cobbler, making this one of our best Fall Cocktails and a warming drink you’ll adore at first sip. Need we say anymore?
Crush or muddle the apple in a shaker, mason jar or jug with a rolling pin with a dash of elderflower liqueur
Add a handful of ice then pour in the gin, elderflower liqueur and lemon juice
Shake briefly to chill and strain into a brandy glass with crushed ice
Top up with club soda and add the splash of blackberry liqueur
Garnish with a slice of apple
The Apple Dream cocktail is a delightful concoction of gin with notes of sweet apple, delicate elderflower, and tart lemon juice, mixed with bubbly club soda and a splash of sweet blackberry liqueur.
You can use any apple at hand, but we love the Pink Lady best as it’s a distinctly sweet apple. For the gin, choose a top-shelf gin like Bulldog, a London Dry Gin with bold botanicals that marry so well with the apple and elderflower liqueur. The final touch is crème de mûre, an age-old French liqueur made from blackberries. Pouring a dash of this over the top of the Apple Dream Cocktail colors the top layer a vibrant purple and infuses the drink with a sweet jammy hit.
Although this dreamy number requires a little effort, your work will be rewarded with every sip of this apple delight. Start by muddling the chopped apple in a jug or a mason jar with a dash of the elderflower liqueur to get things going. Once you have a creamy texture, add the ice, gin, and lemon juice. If you have a blender, blitz it up without the ice. If you aren’t using a blender, cover and shake to chill the ingredients before straining into your glass. Add club soda and the dash of blackberry liqueur. Garnish with a thin slice of apple, blackberries, or a twist of orange. Aficionados serve this in a brandy snifter, a short-stemmed glass with a wide base that narrows at the top, but if you don’t own one of these a tumbler will do just fine.
