Syrups & cordials
for Chicago Bars
and home bartenders
Handmade with the freshest ingredients
(and love)
BARS & Restaurants
Home bartenders
Special Events & Custom
attention to what matters
always local
All our products are made locally, in our kitchen on Chicago’s North Side — and we source from local suppliers whenever possible.
Simple & Fresh
Our syrups and cordials are simple, fresh, and balanced, so you can build beautiful, delicious cocktails.
Seasonal
We’re always playing with produce at peak seasonality to bring you syrups and cordials with ingredients that scream seasonality.
Great Cocktails start with great ingredients
Whether you’re running a busy bar or winding down with a cocktail at the end of the day, you should be working with the best possible ingredients. But making syrups and cordials in-house can be expensive, labor intensive, and require prep space and time that many just don't have.
Let us handle the hard work!
Bars & Restaurants, Work with us
Tell us about your ‘tails
What’s on your menu? Contact us today to talk through your bar program and needs.
Add us to the mix
Place your order. We’ll handle the logistics, whether we’re hand delivering or Tenzing is fulfilling your order.
Get behind the bar
Do what you do best: creating cocktails and
a memorable experience for your customers.
Great cocktails start
with the best ingredients.
We know you want to be a destination for great cocktails. And in a cocktail town like Chicago, that means starting with the very best ingredients — including handmade syrups and cordials.
But making these ingredients in-house is expensive, labor intensive, and requires prep space and time that many bars just don't have.
When you care this much about quality, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the work it takes to create handmade syrups and cordials — and frustrated because all you want is to treat your customers to a memorable experience.
At Appel’s Cordials, we know how important great ingredients are to a great bar program, whether you’re serving up limited-edition seasonal elixirs or pre-batched classics.
And we believe you shouldn't have to sacrifice quality just because you don't have the capacity or capability to make your syrups and cordials in house. So let us handle the hard work!
We’ve been making our syrups and cordials by hand since 2007, and we’re always playing with seasonal ingredients and new flavor combinations that start with fresh-squeezed juices, hand-zested citrus, fresh spices sourced in small batches from Chicago’s top spice merchants, and low-and-slow preparation.
You may only have one chance to earn a bar customer for life, and you can do it with simple, balanced, beautiful cocktails made with the best ingredients. Contact us today!
