Apple Martini

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An apple martini (appletini) in a typical martini glass, which is the name given to many fruit "martinis".

The Apple Martini , also known as Appletini , is an apple-flavored cocktail . It became popular in the 1990s when, in addition to the Cosmopolitan, numerous fruity short drinks came into fashion, many of which had the word “Martini” in their names. Like their model, the classic Martini Cocktail , they are served in a Martini bowl (also called “Cocktailspitz”, English Y-shaped glass ), but have little in common with a real Martini in terms of taste and ingredients; the author Jason Wilson calls them “faux tini drinks” (German for “false tinis”). The alcoholic basis of these fruit "martinis" is mostly vodkaflavored with liqueurs , fruit juice and syrup.

Recipes and variations

At times the Apple Martini was one of the "official cocktails" of the International Bartenders Association , or IBA for short. The IBA recipe was prepared from 4 cl vodka and 1.5 cl apple liqueur and triple sec ( Cointreau ), shaken on ice, served in a martini bowl without ice and garnished with an apple slice. At the end of 2011, the official IBA cocktails were revised and the Apple Martini was removed from the list.

In addition to the earlier IBA recipe, there are countless other recipes and variants in circulation. Most are based on vodka as the alcoholic base, and gin is rarely used. For the apple flavor liqueurs usually make with apple flavor (Engl. Apple schnapps liqueur ) as Sour Apple Pucker (De Kuyper) or Berentzen Sour Apple , in the simplest combination they are mixed with vodka. Alternatively or in addition, freshly squeezed apple juice, apple brandy ( Applejack or apple brandy ) or calvados can be used. Variants that are flavored with cinnamon and vanilla are also called Apple Pie Martini because their taste is reminiscent of apple strudel. A related, classic apple-flavored cocktail is the Applejack Rabbit (also called Jack Rabbit ) made from apple brandy, lemon and orange juice, and maple syrup from the 1920s.

Cultural references

The Apple Martini (Appletini) is the favorite drink of the protagonist John "JD" Dorian in the TV series Scrubs - The Beginners , who, ironically, thinks it is a "straight guy drink" (German: "Drink for real men") and ordered him “easy on the tini” (“with little (mar) tini ”). Even Alan Harper and Walden Schmidt from Two and a Half Men and Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother drink it occasionally.

literature

  • Liza Schafhauser: The Martini: A Collection . Cat Sass Media Design, 2005, ISBN 0-9689872-1-4 .

Web links

Commons : Appletini  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Appletini  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jason Wilson: Boozehound. On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits. Ten Speed ​​Press (Crown Publishing Group, Random House), New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-58008-288-4 , p. 91.
  2. ↑ Apple Martini at the International Bartenders Association ( Memento November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ IBA Official Cocktails List of the "official cocktails" of the International Bartenders Association (IBA), accessed on August 15, 2012.
  4. ^ So in Appletini II from: Ray Foley: The Ultimate Little Martini Book . Sourcebooks, Naperville (Illinois) 2010, ISBN 1402206348 , p. 27. Foley uses 3 parts of gin, 1 part of melon liqueur, some pineapple juice and a sweet and sour mix (sugar-lemon juice mix ), with apple slices only garnished.
  5. ↑ So in Apple Martini # 1 (2 1/2 parts vodka, 2 parts apple juice, 1/4 part sugar syrup 2: 1) at Simon Difford: Diffordsguide Cocktails # 7 . Sauce Guides, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-9556276-0-6 , p. 43.
  6. ↑ Jim Meehan: The PDT Cocktail Book . Sterling Epicure, New York 2011, ISBN 978-1-4027-7923-7 , p. 52.