Imagine sipping a glass of Homemade Apple Spice Liqueur in front of a cozy fire. Whether in cool fall air or with snowflakes drifting, the spicy warmth of your drink will bring a smile to your face. The flavors in Apple Spice Liqueur are like drinking a glass of autumn. Crisp apples picked from orchards with natural tannins combined with baking spice flavors, brandy and rum create a world class sipping spirit . The local apples are ripe so my passion for mixology is on the move.
Homemade Apple Brandy is straight Americana. It was made in America long before there was a United States. History tells us Abraham Lincoln and George Washington enjoyed the drink in local taverns. The first commercial distillery in America, Laird & Company which opened in the 1700’s, was and still is making apple brandy and applejack. Definitely one of United State’s original spirits. Let’s add some rum, personalize those spices and create our own version of a historic liqueur.
With my love of food preservation including canning, dehydrating, freezing and fermenting, designing liqueurs with fresh fruit is right up my alley. Homemade Apple Spice Liqueur is a family pleasure but will make fantastic gifts to delight your friends. Enjoy the taste of autumn all year round.
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Apple Spice Liqueur
Ingredients
- 2 cups dark rum
- 5 cups brandy
- 6 apples cored and chopped, do not peel
- 5 cinnamon sticks
- 4 cloves whole
Brown Simple Syrup
- 2 cups brown sugar dark
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Core and chop 6 apples. Do not peel.
- Place apples in large bowl. Gather 5 cinnamon sticks and 4 whole cloves.
- Measure 2 cups of dark rum and 5 cups of brandy. Use good quality liquor as alcohol base.
- Add apples, cinnamon sticks, cloves, rum and brandy to large jar. Cover jar and let sit in cool dark location for 7 days.
- Strain mixture into large jar with cheesecloth over funnel or a fine mesh strainer. You will be left with the alcohol mixture.
- Combine dark brown sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil for one minute. Let syrup completely cool. Add syrup to taste to the liqueur mixture.
- Bottle liqueur using funnel.
- Serve room temperature or mildly warmed.
How much of the brown sugar syrup would you recommend using?
This sounds delicious! Can you leave it sit longer than seven days? Will that make the flavors more bold?
This will be gifted for sure!!!
Giving this as gifts this Christmas! Any suggestions on what to use as a mixer? I’d like to provide a cocktail idea for the gift recipients, to give them additional options. Can’t wait to try this next week! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
I would suggest a dry champagne with a cinnamon stick as a garnish. Let me know how it turns out.
Believe it or not:
Cream soda will mix well.
I will be gifting this.
I already made this 4 times this fall. It is wonderful, easy to make and easy to drink. Had this the first time on Germany many years ago and found this recipe online a few weeks ago and just had to try it 💐
Will make wonderful gift for friends and family this christmas🤗
I plan on making a batch for myself today. I went apple picking over the weekend.
I’m just making this, it sounds amazing! Did you ever post your recipe for the apple cake? I did a search but couldn’t find it.
Thanks
Chris
No, I will get on it!! It is delicious.
Would you suggest I use all sweet apples, all tart apples, or a mixture of the two? I’ve not cooked with apples before. Thank you.
You can use any type of apple and sweeten the liqueur to taste when it is ready.
Enjoy you website. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Our family classic is a cranberry-orange infused vodka. Found you on ‘Happiness is Homemade’.
I will have to try your family classic. Hope you enjoy my Apple Spice Liqueur. I thank Happiness is Homemade for sharing my recipe.
Would you share your cranberry orange infused vodka recipe?
Such a cool recipe! Thank you for bringing it to the party! Happy Fiesta Friday! 😀
How long will it keep?
I usually recommend 1 year for my liqueurs. It can probably be longer from research I have done but personal experience has been 1 year since I have never been able to hide a bottle from my family for longer than that! Let me know how you like it. My family and friend’s rave reviews tell me it is one of their favorites, served at room temperature or slightly warmed. I make an apple cake from the soaked apples. I will try to post that next week.