Whiskey and Apple Juice: The Apple Jack

Is apple juice good with whiskey? Absolutely yes! Whiskey and apple juice sometimes known as the Apple jack is a fruity, sweet and delicious cocktail.

What is a Whiskey and Apple Juice?

A whiskey and apple juice sometimes called an Apple Jack when using Jack Daniels is a simple mixture of two ingredients. All you need, of course, is apple juice and whiskey.

Whiskey comes in several different versions. You’ve got rye whiskeys and bourbon whiskeys just to name a few. Whiskey tends to have a bit of a caramel and sweet flavor. However dependent on where the grains come from and how long it’s been aged will change the taste of your whiskey.

Any whiskey version is fine to mix with your Apple juice. We used wild turkey which is a bourbon and a favorite in our household. Another common whiskey to use is Tennessee with and makes an apple jack.

Apple juice of course tastes like, well, apples. It’s made from pressing apples squeezing their juice out and removing the pulp.

When mixing whiskey with apple juice the resulting taste is a very sweet and slightly fruity flavored drink.

Other spicy flavor profile apple juice mixers include: Rum and apple juice or gin and apple juice

How to make this drink:

Whipping this cocktail up is super easy to do. Toss your ingredients together and you’re ready to go.

Equipment:

• highball glass or Rocks/Scotch/Bourbon glass
• jigger
• bar spoon
• (optional) cocktail shaker
• (optional) Hawthorne strainer

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Whiskey
• 4 oz Apple Juice
• Cinnamon Stick and/or Lime Wedge
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Grab all of your ingredients and your supplies so that you have everything in one place as you get started.

Step two

You can mix this drink in two ways. First you can use a cocktail shaker to make sure ingredients. Second, you can make your ingredients straight in your highball glass.

We will be mixing our ingredients straight in our highball glass.

If you were using a cocktail shaker you will follow the remaining instructions with the exception of filling your Shaker with ice in addition to your highball glass and pouring your liquids into the Shaker and shaking them before placing them in your glass.

Step three

Fill your highball glass with ice. You want to make sure the ice comes almost all the way to the top.

Step four

You have two garnish options for this drink. We prefer to use cinnamon sticks which gives a little more of a spice flavor to the drink.

If you’re using cinnamon sticks as your garnish you can simply take them and place them in the side of your glass.

A lime wedge also works well with the flavor profile of this drink and you can use it as a garnish. To use a lime wedge you simply take a lime and cut it into slices.

You then select one slice and with your knife make a small cut between the peel and the pulp of the lime.

Then, you placed the lime on the rim of your glass.

Step Five

Next, you want to measure your liquids. Take your jigger and measure 2 oz of whiskey and then pour it into your highball glass over the ice.

Next, measure 4 oz of apple juice and for that into your highball glass as well.

If you would like to have a stronger Apple flavor then whiskey flavor you can add a little additional apple juice if you desire.

Step Six

Finally, using your bar spoon, mix your liquids together well.

And with that, your drink is ready to enjoy!