The King's Waes Hail Recipe

By
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated April 09, 2020
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This cocktail recipe is adapted from the award-winning original from Michael Jack Pazdon of SolBar in Calistoga, California. We simplified it a bit and subbed in apple brandy for the calvados. It's tasty with or without the frothy egg white.

Recipe Details

The King's Waes Hail Recipe

Active 5 mins
Total 5 mins
Serves 1 serving

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce apple brandy
  • 3/4 ounce The King's Ginger
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 ounce Carpano Antica Formula
  • Optional: 1/2 ounce egg white
  • Ice
  • Garnish: thin lemon wheel

Directions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, combine apple brandy, King's Ginger, lemon, and Carpano Antica. If using egg white, add and shake dry, then add ice and shake further. (If not using egg white, add ice and shake.) Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with lemon wheel.

Special equipment

Cocktail shaker and strainer

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