Crystal Fall

Name: Crystal Fall
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 1/2 ounces Cognac, preferably Pierre Ferrand 1840; 1/2 ounce Lemon Hart Demerara rum; 1/4 ounce palo cortado sherry, preferably Lustau; 1/4 ounce ginger syrup (brands available at Whole Foods and many other stores include the Ginger People and Morris Kitchen, of Brooklyn); 3/4 ounce fresh apple cider; 1/2 ounce lemon juice; 1 dash Angostura bitters; Apple slice

9 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 1/2 ounces Cognac, preferably Pierre Ferrand 1840
1/2 ounce Lemon Hart Demerara rum
1/4 ounce palo cortado sherry, preferably Lustau
1/4 ounce ginger syrup (brands available at Whole Foods and many other stores include the Ginger People and Morris Kitchen, of Brooklyn)
3/4 ounce fresh apple cider
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
Apple slice

Directions

1

Make the simple syrup: Heat the sugar in 1 cup water until sugar is dissolved.
2

(Can be stored in refrigerator.)
3

Mix the drink: In a shaker half-filled with ice, combine 1 teaspoon simple syrup and the Cognac, rum, sherry, ginger syrup, cider, juice and bitters.
4

Shake, then strain over crushed ice into a double rocks glass.
5

Garnish with apple slice.