Gin Cidre
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Ingredients
Yield:1 drink
- ¾ounce gin
- ¾ounce fino sherry
- ½ounce orange liqueur
- ½ounce fresh lime juice
- 2dashes orange bitters
- Ice
- 2ounces light, dry cider, chilled
Preparation
- Step 1
In a shaker, combine the gin, sherry, orange liqueur, lime juice and bitters. Add ice, cover and shake vigorously until the drink is well chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and top with cider.
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Michael
Too sweet? Why? Unless I'm mistaken the only sweet ingredient listed is the orange liqueur and that's only 1/2 ounce and the tartness of the lime would cut against that.
pfell
Right! Daniel must think dry cider is the same as apple juice. Not.
Daniel
I don't need to make this to know it's too sweet. Add 1/2oz more of gin or you'll be drinking apple candy.
Jubs7er
'...light, dry cider'
E.h.
I think you’re confusing apple cider and alcoholic cider. This calls for the latter.
ThatBob
Most definitely not too sweet. The sherry gives it a sun-baked, savory quality. Delightfully layered and nuanced even as it’s also powerful.
Harry
What's sweet for the goose is tart for the gander. Mix, taste, adjust; there's no reason a single, unchangeable recipe has to suit everyone.
Ryan
This is one of the best cocktails I’ve made. Perfect balance of citrus, botanicals, salinity, bubbles. I used Stella Artois Cider and it worked well.
MartiniGirl
Wow! The Gin Cidre is phenomenal and not sweet at all. Must use Fino sherry and Dry cider, not sweet apple cider. Dry ciders can be purchased at most liquor stores. I will serve this for the holidays. Thank you Rebekah for sharing!
Chuck
I love the original recipe but on the second try we modified. For the sherry, try a tawny port. Then instead of dry cider, we used an unfiltered apple cider (no alcohol). Wow, festive apéritif!
Jane
I made this when the Wards visited in Oct. 2021. Perfect drink to showcase local Tandem Crabster cider. Everyone loved them...and not too strong! I used everything but the sherry.
Matt Lee
I made this with a dryer sherry and it took some of the sweetness out, but left the sherry flavors.
Chris Camero
I think Daniel is thinking apple cider, as in apple juice, rather than an alcoholic beverage made from cider. That would be too sweet.
Lisa
Just made it. I was short gin (!) but it was still lovely, sherry forward and not sweet at all. Quite like it and look forward to trying it again with proper proportions. My cider was very dry.
ThatBob
Most definitely not too sweet. The sherry gives it a sun-baked, savory quality. Delightfully layered and nuanced even as it’s also powerful.
Harry
What's sweet for the goose is tart for the gander. Mix, taste, adjust; there's no reason a single, unchangeable recipe has to suit everyone.
Michael
Too sweet? Why? Unless I'm mistaken the only sweet ingredient listed is the orange liqueur and that's only 1/2 ounce and the tartness of the lime would cut against that.
pfell
Right! Daniel must think dry cider is the same as apple juice. Not.
Daniel
I don't need to make this to know it's too sweet. Add 1/2oz more of gin or you'll be drinking apple candy.
Jubs7er
'...light, dry cider'
E.h.
I think you’re confusing apple cider and alcoholic cider. This calls for the latter.
Sue
Another consideration: this recipe calls for fino sherry, which is dry and minerally, while for many Americans, "sherry" means cream sherry, a very sweet style. Use the fino!
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