SCANDINAVIAN
APPLES
An alcohol-free cocktail built for the route between Scandinavia and New York.
Two Big Apples.
One idea.
New York has always called itself “The Big Apple”. Scandinavia has always been a fruit garden. The cocktail “Scandinavian Apples” sits between those two identities: a reimagining of a classic New York sour, built entirely without alcohol.
The shared thread is rye
We looked for what Scandinavia and New York actually have in common. It was not apples. It was rye.
America knows rye as whiskey being the second largest producer in the world. Denmark knows it as rugbrød being the top-ranked baking scene. Same grain, two cultures, one flavour memory, and the “glue” of the entire drink. Every ingredient has a reason.
Rye bread &
cardamom syrup
Danish rugbrød is toasted dark, then steeped with cardamom and cooked down into a syrup. It gives the drink the grainy, bready depth a whiskey would normally carry, plus a Nordic bakery note on top.
- 01Toast the rugbrød dark
- 02Steep with cardamom
- 03Strain, sweeten, cool
- 04Reserve the mash
Every ingredient has a reason
ISH London Botanical
The alcohol-free base, made in Copenhagen. Our starting point and our signature.
Danish cloudy apple juice
The freshness of the New York orchard, carried by a Scandinavian organic apple.
Rye bread & cardamom syrup
Sits where the whiskey would in a New York sour. Same grainy depth, fully Scandinavian.
Sea buckthorn (havtorn)
Replaces lime or lemon. The same sharp lift, one hundred percent Nordic, and in season now.
Water
Opens the batch up and sets the strength of the pour.
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Guards colour and flavour against oxidation over days in transit.
Zero waste, by design
Sustainability shaped the recipe rather than decorating it. The rye mash left over from the syrup is dried and milled into a fine rye and cardamom dust, then used to coat the dehydrated apple slices. Every part of the bread works twice: first as flavour, then as finish.
Scandinavian Apples
| ISH London Botanical | 80 ml | 2.7 oz |
| Danish organic cloudy apple juice | 60 ml | 2 oz |
| Rye bread & cardamom syrup | 30 ml | 1 oz |
| Unsweetened sea buckthorn juice | 15 ml | 0.5 oz |
| Water | 15 ml | 0.5 oz |
| Vitamin C powder | 0.1 g |
Garnish · Dehydrated apple slice dusted with rye and cardamom or fresh sea buckthorn sprig.
Two ways to serve it
FRESH POUR
Poured from dispensers over ice and garnished on site. The presentation format for the tasting session and the New York event, where the drink is hosted rather than handed over.
CANNED / RTD
Pre-batched and sealed, ready to pour straight from the can. Suited to future Scandinavian airport activations, or as an RTD for airport lounges in the future.
“The recipe for success is made, we only need more Scandinavia!”
Same recipe, same story. The format follows the room.
A drinkable version
of the route itself.
Scandinavia to New York, in one glass.