Pan American Clipper

Name: Pan American Clipper
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 60 ml Laird’s Bottled in Bond Apple Brandy; 15 ml Fresh lime juice; 15 ml Fresh lemon juice; 22.5 ml Pomegranate grenadine; 2.5 ml Absinthe, for rinsing

An absinthe-rinsed glass adds anise aroma to an apple-brandy sour with pomegranate sweetness. Laird’s published version divides the citrus between lime and lemon, creating a distinct variation on its simpler Jack Rose formula.

Cloudy pink-red cocktail in a coupe without ice and without garnish.

Active preparation: 4 minutes

Ingredients

60 ml Laird’s Bottled in Bond Apple Brandy
15 ml Fresh lime juice
15 ml Fresh lemon juice
22.5 ml Pomegranate grenadine
2.5 ml Absinthe, for rinsing

Instructions

Swirl the absinthe around a chilled coupe to coat its interior, then discard any pooled excess.
Shake the apple brandy, citrus juices and grenadine with cubed ice until cold.
Strain into the prepared coupe without serving ice.