Tract · Cocktails

Spirit-forward · Stirred · Historical · complexity 2/5

Fruit Cocktail

Fruit Cocktail layers apple brandy with strawberry, pineapple, and orange syrups plus Angostura bitters.

apple brandy · fruit syrups · bitters

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Cracked ice.

Variants (1)

McDonough's Bar-Keepers' Guide, and Gentlemen's Sideboard Companion by Patsy McDonough (1883, p.9)

2 dashAngostura bitters — Angostura Bittersbase
1 pony-wine-glassapple brandy — Apple Brandybase
2 dashorange syrup — Orange Syrupsweetener
2 dashpineapple syrup — Pine-apple Syrupsweetener
2 dashstrawberry syrup — Strawberry Syrupsweetener
  1. Fill a large bar glass one-third full of cracked ice.
  2. Add the bitters, the three syrups, and the apple brandy and stir with a spoon.
  3. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Ice: Cracked ice

See also: Brunswick Cocktail, Cider Cocktail