Gingered Apple Sparkler

• Recipe by Cocktails 2006

Bar Lurçat • Minneapolis
This spicy-sweet highball, developed as an alternative to the ubiquitous apple martini, is made with citrus vodka, apple liqueur and a healthy splash of ginger beer.

Ingredients

1. Ice
2. 1 1/2 ounces citrus vodka
3. 1 1/2 ounces sour apple liqueur
4. Splash of Angostura bitters
5. 4 ounces chilled ginger beer
6. 1 maraschino cherry

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka, liqueur and bitters; shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with the ginger beer and the cherry.