Jonathan Hudak

With this cold rainy weather and impending holidays, I think it would be good to get down on some hot cocktails. Who wants a icy cold drink when your fingers are numb?

Brandy-Cynar Hot Toddy

1.5 oz Clear Creek Oregon Pot Still Brandy

1/2 oz Cynar

1/4 oz Lemon

3 oz Hot water

1/2 Cinnamon Nutmeg Syrup *see recipe

directions:

- Fill wine glass or snifter with hot water to prime glass, add hot water to 2 cocktail tins let rest and pour out, then add all ingredients to one.

- Transfer mixture back and forth between tins 3 times to mix. 

- Pout out hot water from glass, then pour in mixture from tin.

and Bam! you’ve got yourself a delicious cold weather drink.

* Cinnamon Nutmeg Syrup

- make a 2 to 1 Simple Syrup with brown Sugar

- while syrup is still hot add 1 tsp of cinnamon and nutmeg, put pan back on heat source and stir with a whisk for a minute.

- pour infused syrup into a shallow container and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour so that it thickens.

- Strain syrup through mesh or a shinwa to remove any goopy bits.

here is a really good video demonstrating how to make a another hot drink in a similar way, but with fire.