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THE DELICIOUS MOMENT WHERE FLAVOUR AND SUSTAINABILITY CONVERGE

Avallen calvados is a planet-positive spirit made from just three things: apples, water and time. Love the taste, love the planet!

POSITIVE

TO THE CORE

POSITIVE TO THE CORE

Delicious, inside & out

Avallen is a crisp, floral, and completely natural calvados with no added sugar, caramel, or other nasties. It’s perfect for mixing with soda, as a refreshing spritz, in your favourite cocktail, or simply for sipping.

Buzzing About Bees

From the orchard bees that pollinate our apple trees to everyone’s beloved bumblebee, we adore all the furry little winged warriors that keep our ecosystems buzzing, which is why we donate at least 2% of our turnover to organisations that work to save our struggling bee populations. Learn more about our commitment to these amazing creatures here.

Climate Positive

Being climate positive is about more than reducing our footprint – it’s a commitment to create measurable environmental benefits beyond net zero emissions. The amazing apple trees that provide apples for Avallen sequester more carbon than we emit in producing Avallen each year, so every bottle we make represents a small positive step towards tackling the climate emergency.

Our Mission

It is our ambition to become the world’s most sustainable spirit from blossom to bottle, sharing the lessons we learn along the way with other producers and businesses that want to make great products without giving the planet a hangover.

Our Range

There’s only one Avallen Calvados available in three different types of packaging:

Glass bottle

Glass Bottle

Paper Bottle

paper Bottle

 Eco Tote

ecoSPIRITS

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HOW TO DRINK AVALLEN

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An appletini cocktail in a coupe glass with a bottle of Avallen calvados and an apple

Avallen Appletini

Our favourite way to drink Avallen

Our favourite way to drink Avallen

Avallen Appletini

Our favourite way to drink Avallen

YOU NEED

40ml Avallen calvados

30ml apple juice

20ml lemon juice

10ml sugar syrup

METHOD

In a cocktail shaker add all ingredients and fill with ice. Shake hard and strain into a chilled glass.

GLASS

Martini or coupette

GARNISH

A smile

Avallen Tonic

The classic way to drink Avallen

The classic way to drink Avallen

Avallen Tonic

The classic way to drink Avallen

YOU NEED

50ml Avallen calvados

150ml Indian tonic water

METHOD

Build in a highball glass over ice

GLASS

Highball

GARNISH

Apple slice

Forbidden Fruit Martini

If you like Pornstar Martinis

If you like Pornstar Martinis

Forbidden Fruit Martini

If you like Pornstar Martinis

YOU NEED

40ml Avallen calvados

20ml rhubarb liqueur

20ml lemon Juice

15ml vanilla syrup

3 drops cocktail foamer

50ml sparkling dry cider

METHOD

Shake all ingredients except the cider with ice. Double strain into a coupette glass and top with cider.

GLASS

Coupette

GARNISH

Apple slice

Avallen Mojito

The perfect summer cooler!

The perfect summer cooler!

Avallen Mojito

The perfect summer cooler!

YOU NEED

50ml Avallen calvados

20ml fresh lime juice

20ml sugar

Handful of fresh mint

Top Appletiser (or other apple soda)

METHOD

In a glass add ingredients except soda. Add crushed ice and churn. Top with more ice and apple soda.

GLASS

Highball

GARNISH

Mint sprig

Hedgerow

Fruity & refreshing like our orchards

Fruity & refreshing like our orchards

Hedgerow

Fruity & refreshing like our orchards

YOU NEED

40ml Avallen calvados

10ml apricot brandy

15ml fresh lemon juice

5ml sugar syrup

Top 50/50 ginger beer & dry cider

METHOD

Add ice and ingredients except ginger beer and cider. Stir and top with ginger beer and cider. 

GLASS

Highball

GARNISH

Candied ginger & lime

Avallen Ginger

Who doesn't love a ginger!

Who doesn't love a ginger!

Avallen Ginger

Who doesn't love a ginger!

YOU NEED

50ml Avallen Calvados

150ml Ginger ale

METHOD

Build in a highball glass over ice

GLASS

Highball

GARNISH

Apple slice

Avallen Spritz

Easy peasy apple & elderflower sparkler

Easy peasy apple & elderflower sparkler

Avallen Spritz

Easy peasy apple & elderflower sparkler

YOU NEED

30ml Avallen calvados

30ml elderflower cordial

Top with sparkling wine

METHOD

Build in a wineglass over ice. Stir gently to combine, top with sparkling wine.

GLASS

Wine glass

GARNISH

Apple fan

Queen Bee

Inspired by our very own queen bee

Inspired by our very own queen bee

Queen Bee

Inspired by our very own queen bee

YOU NEED

30ml Avallen calvados

1 barspoon local honey

1 dash orange bitters

Top with sparkling wine

METHOD

In a chilled cocktail glass add all ingredients except bubbles. Stir gently to combine & top with the bubbles.

GLASS

Coupette

GARNISH

Orange zest

La Frangipane

Rich, fruity and nutty spritz.

Rich, fruity and nutty spritz.

La Frangipane

Rich, fruity and nutty spritz.

YOU NEED

45ml Avallen calvados

15ml almond orgeat

15ml lemon juice

1 dash orange bitters

Sparkling wine

METHOD

Shake all ingredients except bubbles in a cocktail shaker with ice. Double strain into a coupette and top with the bubbles.

GLASS

Coupette

GARNISH

Orange zest

Angel Face

Another co-founder favourite

Another co-founder favourite

Angel Face

Another co-founder favourite

YOU NEED

30ml Avallen calvados

30ml London dry gin

15ml apricot liqueur

METHOD

In a mixing tin/mixing glass, stir all ingredients over ice. Strain into a chilled glass.

GLASS

Nic n nora or small rocks

GARNISH

Orange zest, discarded

Avallen Espresso

Our espresso martini

Our espresso martini

Avallen Espresso

Our espresso martini

YOU NEED

40ml Avallen calvados

15ml coffee liqueur

30ml fresh espresso

10ml sugar syrup

METHOD

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Double strain into a coupette.

GLASS

Coupette

GARNISH

3 coffee beans

Orchard View

Boozy, sweet & squarely delicious

Boozy, sweet & squarely delicious

Orchard View

Boozy, sweet & squarely delicious

YOU NEED

25ml Avallen calvados

25ml rye whiskey

20ml sweet vermouth

5ml DOM Benedictine

2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

2 dashes Angostura bitters

METHOD

Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass and strain into a glass over ice.

GLASS

Small rocks

GARNISH

Lemon twist

Calvados Sazerac

Our Co-founders favourite classic

Our Co-founders favourite classic

Calvados Sazerac

Our Co-founders favourite classic

YOU NEED

30ml Avallen calvados

30ml rye whiskey

5ml sugar syrup

4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

1 dash Angostura bitters

Absinthe rinse

METHOD

Rinse glass with absinthe, stir other ingredients in a mixing glass and pour into the rinsed glass.

GLASS

Nic n Nora or small rocks

GARNISH

Lemon zest then discard

Delicious Sour

OG calvados classic from 1893

OG calvados classic from 1893

Delicious Sour

OG calvados classic from 1893

YOU NEED

45ml Avallen calvados

10ml crème de pêche

20ml fresh lemon juice

15ml sugar syrup

3 dashes cocktail foamer

METHOD

Add ingredients into a shaker and dry shake to activate foamer. Open shaker, add ice and shake hard. Double strain into a coupette.

GLASS

Coupette

GARNISH

Dehydrated apple slice

Pan American Clipper

Tart and refreshing. Ooooh!

Tart and refreshing. Ooooh!

Pan American Clipper

Tart and refreshing. Ooooh!

YOU NEED

60ml Avallen calvados

20ml fresh lime juice

20ml grenadine

3 dashes absinthe

METHOD

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass

GLASS

Coupette

GARNISH

Peace and love

WHERE YOU CAN

FIND US

WHERE YOU CAN FIND US

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From the world’s best cocktail bar to local liquor stores, our independent, planet positive spirit is finding its way into drinks and shopping carts. Avallen is now available in shops, bars, and restaurants around the world, and we’re adding more to our list every day.

Wherever you see Avallen on a shelf or in a menu, send us a message or take a photo and tag us @avallenspirits, along with the name of the place, and we’ll make sure it’s on our map. If your favourite spot doesn’t have Avallen on the shelf, let us know and we’ll see what we can do to change that.

Shrill Carder Bee

Shrill carders are one of the rarest, and smallest, of all bumble bees, and they get their name from their distinctive high-pitch buzz

FROM BLOSSOM

TO BOTTLE

FROM BLOSSOM TO BOTTLE

The Best Orchards

Every drop of Avallen begins its journey in the traditional apple orchards of Normandy, France, within 30km of the distillery.

Harvest Time

Our apples come from over 200 individual orchards, supporting the local community and biodiversity of the region.

Apple Processing

The apples are delivered, washed, chopped, juiced, and left to ferment outside for a completely natural wild fermentation.

Distilling & Aging

Distillation happens on a column still before our precious liquid is transferred to French oak casks for 2-3 years. It is then carefully blended, finally becoming our delicious calvados.

Packaging

Avallen is bottled by our lovely worker bees and packed into unbleached boxes, ready to be shipped around the world and enjoyed.

Honey Bee

The western honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects, and with human assistance, now occupies every continent except Antartica.

MORE THAN

JUST A DRINK

MORE THAN

JUST A DRINK

MORE THAN JUST A DRINK

All companies environmental impact goes far beyond the products they make.

Climate Positive

Every bottle of Avallen removes more CO2 than it takes to produce thanks to the awesome apple trees

Water

Avallen only uses 1.2L of water to make per bottle which is 70-95% less than the industry average

Packaging

Available in lightweight recycled glass, the revolutionary FrugalPac paper bottle, and the ultra-low waste, low carbon ecoSPIRITS platform

Climate Positive

Every bottle of Avallen removes more CO2 than it takes to produce thanks to the awesome apple trees

Water

Avallen only uses 1.2L of water to make per bottle which is 70-95% less than the industry average

Packaging

Available in lightweight recycled glass, the revolutionary FrugalPac paper bottle, and the ultra-low waste, low carbon ecoSPIRITS platform

POSITIVE TO
THE CORE

We created Avallen with the belief that business can work in harmony with nature rather than against it and incorporate the lens of sustainability into every decision we make in the business, from who we bank with to what paper we print our event menus on.

DOING IT FOR
THE BEES

Wild bee populations are in decline around the world, and if they disappear, our very survival as a species will be at risk.

Without our furry little winged warriors, there’s no coffee. You can forget about pizza, and say goodbye to avocado on toast for breakfast. There would be no lemonade, no fries or potato chips. No berries, chillies, cucumbers, and, most importantly for us, no apples.

And it’s not just the honey bee. We’re passionate about the bee’s that no one knows about, from the leafcutter bee to Wallace’s giant bee.

FROM BLOSSOM
TO BOTTLE

Transparency and traceability are important words in any industry and they’re especially important when you’re putting something in your mouth. We work with pioneering transparency company Provenance to provide full traceability and evidence for the claims we make as a company.

WE TRY TO
BEE MORE

We be(e)lieve that companies should be a force for good in the world so we try to bee more through sharing knowledge, inspiring others, and using our platform to champion positive change. We want to be the drink of choice for those fighting for our planet and all the beauty upon it.

STEPH & TIM

Take one part France, one part Colombia and one part England, shake and strain and you get Stephanie Jordan, Avallen’s queen bee

Hailing from the golden beaches of Cornwall, a region that shares a long connection with Normandy, Tim Etherington-Judge has had an extremely successful career in drinks.

Leafcutter Bee

Leafcutter bees chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, hence their common name. This is one of the largest genera of bees, with almost 1500 species