A perfect libation that will have you dreaming of a warm sweater and a crackling fire while you sip.

September 27, 2022

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 1 Cocktail
  • 1¾ ounce Black Flannel Dutch Soul gin
  • ¼ ounce allspice dram liqueur
  • 1 ounce reduced spiced cider (can substitute cider syrup)
  • ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • Toschi candied sour black cherry, or similar candied cherry such as Luxardo
FOR THE REDUCED SPICED CIDER
  • 4 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼ cup fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon green cardamom pods
  • ½ gallon fresh apple cider

Instructions

Add cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger, and green cardamom pods to the fresh apple cider. Reduce to one-quarter of original volume or 1 pint (16 oz.) on a low boil while skimming off foam. Remove spices halfway through reducing. Strain through fine-mesh strainer or cheesecloth. Cool before using.

Rinse a rocks glass with Laphroaig (or similar smoky single malt). Add Dutch Soul, allspice dram, reduced cider, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into pre-rinsed rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with cherry.

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Ingredients

SERVINGS: 1 Cocktail
  • 1¾ ounce Black Flannel Dutch Soul gin
  • ¼ ounce allspice dram liqueur
  • 1 ounce reduced spiced cider (can substitute cider syrup)
  • ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • Toschi candied sour black cherry, or similar candied cherry such as Luxardo
FOR THE REDUCED SPICED CIDER
  • 4 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼ cup fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon green cardamom pods
  • ½ gallon fresh apple cider