French Toast Flip

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Cocktail History

The French Toast Flip is a brunch cocktail that was created by Erick Castro at Polite Provisions in San Diego, California. This variation of the recipe from Winter Drinks: 70 Essential Cold-Weather Cocktails by PUNCH adds a symphony of breakfast flavors to a classic Flip template, including a sherry, Scotch whisky, and apple brandy base, maple and allspice syrups, egg, and citrus bitters.

Cocktail Ingredients

To make this cocktail, you’ll need the following ingredients:

Oloroso Sherry: This is a type of fortified wine made in Spain with palomino grapes. I used Emilio Lustau Dry Oloroso Don Nuño Sherry.

Scotch: This is a type of whiskey made in Scotland with malt or grain, spices, alcohol, and water. I used Tomatin Distillery 12-Year Scotch.

Apple Brandy: This is a type of brandy made with apples, pears, spices, sugar, and alcohol. I used Calvados.

Maple Syrup: This is a syrup made with the sap from maple trees. I used a local maple syrup.

Allspice Syrup: This is a sweetener made with allspice berries, sugar, and water. I made mine using this stovetop recipe.

Egg White & Yolk: This is both the clear liquid and yellow portion in an egg. I used fresh egg white and yolk.

Orange & Fig Bitters: This is a food product made with oranges, figs, botanicals, herbs, and alcohol. I used Scrappy’s Bitters “Sycophant” Orange & Fig Bitters.

Ground Cinnamon: This is a spice. I used Simply Organic Ground Cinnamon.

Bartending Tools

To make this cocktail, you’ll need the following bar tools:

Jigger: This is used to measure and pour ingredients. I used the Japanese jigger from the A Bar Above 14-Piece Silver Bar Set.

Boston Shaker: This is used to shake ingredients. I used the Boston shaker from the A Bar Above 14-Piece Silver Bar Set.

Hawthorne Strainer: This is used to strain out ice and solid ingredients after the cocktail is shaken. I used the A Bar Above Hawthorne Strainer.

Tasting Notes

This cocktail has the following flavor profile:

• Appearance: Delicate yellow color

• Aroma: Enticing cinnamon and other spices

• Taste: Thick, heady apple and maple flavor with a slight woodsiness from Scotch

• Finish: Sweet sherry, orange, and more maple

Kendall’s Take: “I don’t typically care for egg in my cocktails, but my goodness, this is such a delicious cocktail! It’s sweet but not so much that those who don’t usually enjoy dessert drinks would take one sip and nope out of finishing the rest right away. I would definitely describe it as brunch in a cocktail, so the name is fitting. Give the French Toast Flip a try next time you want to make drinks at breakfast but are interested in something other than a Mimosa.”

Recipe

This cocktail recipe was adapted from Winter Drinks: 70 Essential Cold-Weather Cocktails by the editors of PUNCH.