Apple Old Fashioned

Ingredients

1.5 oz Castle & Key Small Batch Bourbon
0.5 oz Laird’s Straight Apple Brandy
0.75 oz Spiced Apple Syrup^*
3 dashes Angostura Bitters

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add 1 inch cubes, and stir until well incorporated, about 20 seconds. Strain into an old-fashioned glass over a large ice cube, garnish with an apple fan, and dust with cinnamon sugar. For an added effect, hit the cinnamon apple fan with a quick torch to brûlée the cinnamon sugar on top.

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Additional Recipe

SPICED APPLE SYRUP RECIPE:

Ingredients

16 oz Water
16 oz Demerara sugar
3 Pippin or Granny Smith Apples
2-3 Star Anise
3 Red Cardamom Pods
2 Cinnamon Sticks
1 tsp Cloves
¼ tsp of Vanilla Extract

Instructions

INGREDIENTS Add water to a saucepan and turn heat on high and when it starts to boil, slowly whisk in the sugar until it fully dissolves. Add in the remaining ingredients, excluding the vanilla extract. Let sit on med/high heat for about 20 min. Remove from heat, add in vanilla extract and strain all ingredients with cheesecloth. *Allow syrup to cool before using in cocktail.

Gin

Army & Navy

Ingredients

2 oz Rise Seasonal Gin or Roots of Ruin Gin
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Almond Orgeat
1 dash of Angostura or Jack Rudy Lavender Bitters
Optional: Muddle Strawberry

Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice or neatly into a Rocks Glass or Coupe glass. Garnish with lemon twist, edible flower, or strawberry.

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