Hot Apple Gin
How to serve Hot Apple Gin — the warm gin-based apple & spice drink. Stemmed glass, gentle warmth, apple, cinnamon. Plus the moments and occasions where it lands best.
Ingredients
- 180 ml Hot Apple Gin
- 1 apple slice — to garnish
- 1 pinch cinnamon — to finish
Method
- Pour the Hot Apple Gin into a small pan and warm it gently until steaming — around 60–65°C. Don't let it boil, so the gin's aromatics stay intact.
- Pour into a warmed stemmed glass.
- Garnish with an apple slice and finish with a pinch of cinnamon. Serve gently warm.
How to serve
- Glassware
- Stemmed glass
- Serve temperature
- Warm, around 60–65°C
- Garnish
- Apple slice, pinch of cinnamon
Hot Apple Gin is a ready-to-serve warm gin-based apple & spice drink, so this page is really about how to serve it well — gently warmed, in a stemmed glass, with an apple slice and a little cinnamon. The rest is occasion.
What it is
A warm, spirit-forward apple & spice drink (around 4.1% ABV) from Hot Apple Gin Family Co. in Haarlem. Crisp apple, gentle gin botanicals, cinnamon and a whisper of winter spices — lighter and drier than mulled wine, and built specifically for the 60–65°C window where warm cocktails come alive.
The serve is intentionally minimal: warm the bottle’s contents, pour into a stemmed glass, drop in an apple slice, dust with cinnamon. That simplicity took the long way to arrive, and the composition behind the bottle is where the work is. The serve is what is left when the work is finished.
Tips
- Warm gently, never boil — around 60–65°C keeps the aromatics intact.
- Use a stemmed glass so it’s comfortable to hold.
- Finish simply with an apple slice and a pinch of cinnamon.
Ways to serve it
In a thermos, on a winter walk. Heat a batch before you leave; pour it into a decent thermos. By the time you reach the viewpoint it has held its temperature, and the aroma that lifts when you open the lid is half the reason you came.
At the door, as a welcome drink. A pan on a low flame when guests arrive does the work no other drink really can — the smell reaches the hallway before anyone gets their coat off. Glasses ready on the counter, ladle in the pan, you greet rather than tend bar.
At a Christmas market stall. It scales without trouble. A large pan, a ladle, paper cups when the temperature drops below zero. The serve does not need crystal to be the right serve.
The fireplace serve. Low light, a stemmed glass, no garnish except the apple slice. Some drinks are about the occasion more than anything else.
After a ski run. Still in your boots, still in your jacket. The glass is warm before you are.
The quiet one. A mug, a book, nobody else around. Hot Apple Gin 0.0 if you want to keep a clear head; the original if you don’t.
Where to get it
Hot Apple Gin is ready to serve — no mixing, no fuss, just warm and pour. Find Hot Apple Gin →
Prefer it without the alcohol? Try Hot Apple Gin 0.0, served in exactly the same way.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Hot Apple Gin recipe?
There's almost nothing to it — and that's the point. Hot Apple Gin is ready to serve: warm 180 ml gently (never boiling), pour into a stemmed glass, and finish with an apple slice and a pinch of cinnamon.
Do I need to mix anything?
No. Hot Apple Gin is a ready-to-serve warm gin & apple drink, so the 'recipe' is really just how to serve it well — warm it gently and garnish.
Is there an alcohol-free version?
Yes — Hot Apple Gin 0.0 is the alcohol-free version, served in exactly the same way.
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