The recipe

How to make it

Garnish: A thin slice of green apple.

A splash is taken as 1 oz, and sweet-and-sour mix as equal parts lemon juice and simple syrup.

The ratio

1 : 1 : 1

In parts, an Appletini is 1 vodka, 1 sour apple schnapps and 1 sweet-and-sour mix. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Vodka · 1Sour apple schnapps · 1Sweet-and-sour mix · 1

Also vodka

Kamikaze

1 : 1 : 1

Vodka → Gin

White Lady

2 : 1½ : 1

Vodka → Tequila

Spicy Margarita

2 : 1 : 1 : ¼

Vodka → Whiskey

Final Ward

1 : 1 : 1 : 1

A running gag (from 2001) · J.D. (John Dorian)

J.D.'s fondness for appletinis is a recurring punchline, often about his masculinity.

A running gag (from 2003) · Alan Harper

Alan's drink of choice is the appletini, used, as with J.D. on Scrubs, as a joke about an unmanly drink.

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Paradise — Gin, apricot liqueur and orange juice: fruity, golden and light.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 166

Sugar

≈ 19 g

Strength

≈ 12%

Std. drinks

≈ 0.9

Vodka ≈ 66Sour apple schnapps ≈ 61Sweet-and-sour mix ≈ 39 How we estimate