Fireside
 

Sweet, warm and gingery (rather like Matt2). This is the perfect winter cocktail.


I found this drink because Matt2 brought me back some delicious scrumpy from the West Country. I set to the task of finding a cocktail to put the cider to effective use in. 


Cider isn't terribly common in cocktails - mostly, all I could find was some kind of variation on Snakebite. (Tip: Don't do that. It's not a cocktail.)


Of course, I could have found a recipe the uses apple juice, and substituted with cider, but that felt like cheating. 


I finally unearthed this recipe, and I'm very glad I did, as it's now one of my 'go to' drinks when I want to treat myself. 

Ingredients


  1. •4 pieces

  2. •½ msr

  3. •½ msr

  4. •1 msr

  5. •1½ msr

  6. •2 dashes


The Marvellous Method


Muddle ginger, lemon and honey. Add cider, bourbon, bitters and ice. Shake and double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger

Fireside

Crystallised Ginger

Lemon Juice

Honey Syrup (or Honey)

Cider

Bourbon

Angostura Bitters