Angel Face Martini is a modern recipe adapted from Harry Craddock’s 1930, ‘The Savoy Cocktail Book’. This cocktail will taste different depending on which apple spirits you choose. Young Calvados or apple brandy work well in cocktails. Calvados is the French apple brandy of Normandy, France. It was first distilled from cider around 1553. This unique apple brandy typically age 4 to 10 years and up to 25 years for finest ones.