The royal drink: top 5 cider-based cocktails

If the legends about the emergence of rum or cognac are shrouded in a halo of romance and mystery, the main version of the invention of the world's first cider is much more prosaic, although not without monarchical roots. The invention of cider is attributed to the French Emperor Charlemagne. He, they say, once sat down on a bag of overripe apples and crushed them. And the fermented juice from these apples, according to legend, became the world's first cider.

Be that as it may, since Charlemagne's time, the technology of preparation, quality and flavor variety of this summer light alcoholic drink have advanced far ahead. Each country has formed its own traditions of cider making over the centuries - that is why in Germany, for example, this drink is usually quite sour, in France it has a stupefying aroma of fresh apples, in England cider has high tartness and weak acidity. Ukraine is characterized by sweeter ciders and an impressive variety of flavors. For example, the Ukrainian manufacturer "Alcoholic and Soft Drinking Plant Dnipro" offers its customers as many as 6 different flavors of ciders TM "Bravo": classic apple "Apple", festive orange "Orange", sparkling lime "Lime", refreshing mint "Mojito", ripe "Peach" and sweet and sour berry "Bilberry". Such variety Charlemagne could only dream of!

And seriously, cider is great both as a solo drink and in cocktails. Surprised? Try to prepare any of the cocktails offered by ABK Dnipro and make sure: it is mind-blowingly delicious.

Apple Grande

This cocktail is called "Big Apple", first of all, because of the simplicity of preparation and mono aroma of apple, flavored with tequila taste

Ingredients:

• Tequila (ideally silver tequila) - 30 ml
• Bravo apple cider - 120 ml.

Pour tequila into the bottom of the glass, then top up the cider to the desired level. The colder the cocktail will be, the more vivid taste impressions it will give you.

Captain's cider

Ingredients:

• Spiced rum - 30 ml
• Bravo cider - 150 ml
• Crushed ice

Pour rum into a glass filled with ice, then fill the container to the brim with cider. The beauty of this cocktail is that you can experiment with the flavors of cider - and get a new drink every time.

"New Mexico"

Ingredients:

• Tequila (preferably gold tequila) - 45 ml
• Cream de cassis currant liqueur - 7.5 ml
• Cider "Bravo" - 30 ml
• Lemon slice
• Apple slice
• Ice

Pour tequila, liqueur and cider into a glass filled with ice. Squeeze the juice of 1/8 of a lemon into the glass. Garnish with an apple slice (cider is an apple drink, after all) - and enjoy!

"Early Fall"

Ingredients:

This cocktail is much more complex in preparation and requires a wider range of ingredients. But the result is definitely worth the effort.

Ingredients:

• Bombay Sapphire gin - 45 ml.
• Absinthe - 15 ml.
• Bravo cider - 45 ml.
• Pear brandy - 15 ml.
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp.
• Ginger beer
• Cinnamon
• Lemon zest

Place all ingredients except the beer in a shaker filled with ice. Shake a few times - and pour the contents into a tall glass. Add the ginger beer (careful not to over-foam it), stir. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and lemon zest

Orange Cider

This cocktail is made for large company.

Ingredients:

• Orange juice - 200 ml
• Orange Curacao liqueur - 50 ml
• Cider "Bravo" (for obvious reasons, it is better to take "Orange") - 1 liter
• Orange - 2 pcs.

Peel the oranges, divide them into slices, cut each slice into 3-4 pieces. Put in a container and pour orange liqueur. Place in the refrigerator for at least a couple hours. Tip: the juicier oranges you take and the longer you insist them with liqueur - the tastier the cocktail will be.

Afterwards, add cider and juice to the oranges and liqueur, stir - and treat your friends!