If you are in the mood for a more tart, or sour, flavor to your apple martini cocktail, then you will enjoy this variation of the apple martini. Prepare to pucker up with a fun sour tasting drink that might cause your tongue to tingle – only for a moment. As with all martini’s, this is best served over ice, whole or crushed, or served with a chilled martini glass to keep it nice and cool.

While the juice ingredient that is called for in this recipe is apple juice, you can also try out a liqueur instead, such as an orange liqueur, or instead of using the apple schnapps, try something else, like a peach schnapps for a nice twist to your drink.

To make this fun drink, you will need a sour apple schnapps (preferably the DeKuyper Pucker Sour Apple), apple juice, and vodka.

Get Ready to Pucker Up!

Mix 1 part of your favorite vodka with 1 part of the sour apple schnapps as well as 1 part sourapplemartiniwithlemontwist 1 206x300 Sour Apple Martini Recipeapple juice, all in a cocktail shaker. You can either pour this mixture over ice, or add crushed ice to your cocktail shaker with the ingredients and then shake vigorously until the outer part of your shaker starts to frost up.

Pour your drink into a martini glass and enjoy! This is sure to get your attention, as well as the attention of your friends, once the first sip hits your lips. As with any and all apple martini recipes, experiment with other flavors. You can even add a touch of lemon juice if you crave a little more sour in your drink. You can certainly garnish your sour apple martini with a twist of lemons (or perhaps even a lime) and viola! you’ve now made a masterpiece both in taste and appearance.

Just Another Sour Apple Martini Recipe

As mentioned earlier, there are substitutes of the ingredients mentioned earlier that you can try. Here’s an example of another sour apple martini recipe using a citrus-flavored vodka with the orange liqueur and just a splash of lemon juice.

For your ingredients, you will need:

  • 2 oz of citrus vodka
  • 1/2 oz of a sour apple pucker shnapps (DeKuyper recommended)
  • 1/2 oz of an orange liqueur (recommend Cointreau)
  • lemon juice
Using your cocktail shaker, add some crushed ice and then mix all of the ingredients from above, shaking the shaker vigorously to ensure a good blend. Pour the cocktail into a martini glass.
This variation will also cause your lips to slightly pucker, but tastes just as wonderful. Apple martini’s, in general, make great holiday cocktails, so try some out before the big New Year’s event!