Kicker
3.8 12 ratings
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Light white rum
3/4 oz Calvados apple brandy
2/3 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- 2 Prepare thin apple slice (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish
- 5 Float (dehydrated) apple slice for garnish.
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
27.2% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 180 calories
History
The amount of vermouth in this spirit-forward calvados cocktail could be a 'dash' or a 'splash'. Best served over a large ice cube.
Harry Craddock's 1930 publication, The Savoy Cocktail Book, includes a version of this drink. The KICKER COCKTAIL is prepared with the following ingredients: 2 Dashes Italian Vermouth. 1/3 Calvados. 2/3 Bacardi Rum. It is shaken well and then strained into a cocktail glass.
Created by Harry Craddock