Chicote's Apricot Cocktail is the apricot-brandy and lemon drink softened with a little grenadine.
Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.105) — Pedro Chicote 1928
| 0.5 lemon | lemon juice — Jugo de medio limon | base |
| 0.5 copita | apricot brandy | modifier |
| Grenadine — Jarabe de granadina | sweetener |
Ice: 3 to 4 pieces ice
This matters because it preserves a clean apricot-and-citrus sour branch in Chicote's Madrid book.
Wet Drinks For Dry People by William C. Feery (1932) — Feery 1932, home-supplies opening run
| 1 teaspoon | Lemon juice (fresh) — lemon juice | acid |
| 1 ounce | London dry gin — gin | base |
| 1 ounce | apricot juice (canned) | other |
| optional | egg white | other |
Cocktail Parade by Canape Parade (1933, p.3)
| 0.5 lemon | lemon juice — Juice 1/2 lemon | acid |
| 2 part | gin — Gin | base |
| 1 part | apricot syrup — heavy Apricot Syrup | sweetener |
Cocktails Mundiales by Pedro Chicote (1947) — Chicote 1947, opening Cocktails Mundiales recipe run
| 0.5 lemon | Lemon juice (fresh) — lemon juice | base |
| 0.5 copita | apricot brandy | modifier |
| drops | Grenadine syrup | sweetener |
Ice: 3 or 4 small pieces of ice
See also: Aviation Cocktail, Tantalus Cocktail