Apple Crisp Cocktail

NAME: Apple Crisp Cocktail


YIELD: Serves 1

INGREDIENTS:
For the Cardamom-Infused Bourbon:

• 1/4 cup green cardamom pods
• 1 cup bourbon, such as Buffalo Trace

For the Cocktail:

• 1 ounce Laird's 100 proof apple brandy (not Applejack)
• 1/2 ounce Cardamom-Infused bourbon
• 3/4 ounce fresh juice from 1 lemon
• 3/4 ounce honey syrup (see note above)
• Club soda

PREPARATION:

• To make the Cardamom-Infused Bourbon: Place ¼ cup cardamom pods in a resealable jar. Crush with a wooden spoon to crack about half the pods (this can also be done in a mortar and pestle.) Top with 1 cup bourbon, shake, infuse for 1 1/2 hours at room temperature. Strain through a fine mesh strainer, discard solids, and re-bottle bourbon.
• To make the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add apple brandy, cardamom-infused bourbon, lemon juice, and honey syrup. Shake until well chilled, about 15 seconds.
• Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with soda and garnish with lemon twist.

GARNISH:

• lemon twist

GLASS GUIDE:

• Collins Glass

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:

• Cocktail shaker and strainer, resealable jar, fine-mesh strainer

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