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Angel Face

Three equal pours — gin, apricot brandy, Calvados — shaken until frosty. Orchard fruit up front, juniper holding the line underneath.

Base: Gin
Glass: Coupe glass
Method: Shake
Strength: 24.5% ABV

Ingredients

30 mlGin1 swap
Any London dry ginhigh
Depends on the brand’s botanicals
30 mlApricot Brandy
30 mlCalvados

How to make

Technique

Shake · 10–15s

Shaking chills the drink fast while adding dilution and a light texture.

Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Serve

Glass

Coupe glassAlso fine: Martini glass, Nick & Nora glass

Garnish

None

Taste & nutrition

24.5%ABV

205kcal

2.17Drinks

StrengthBoozy

Sweet to dryOff-dry

Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.

Good to know

Chill your glass first for a colder, better-tasting drink.

History

Year1930s

PlaceLondon, England

Created byPublished by Harry Craddock (Savoy)

A trio of equal parts gin, apricot brandy and Calvados, the Angel Face was printed in Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book. Craddock called for it to be shaken, though modern bartenders usually stir this all-spirit drink. Deceptively smooth for its strength, it hides plenty of punch behind a fruity, apple-and-apricot nose. It has quietly stayed on cocktail lists ever since.

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