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The Rye Reverie

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A brooding, slow-sipping winter evening distilled into a glass — warmth that starts in the chest and works outward.


Ingredients

  • 2 oz rye whiskey
  • 1/4 oz simple syrup
  • 1/4 oz vanilla syrup
  • 3 dashes angostura bitters
  • 1 wide peel lemon

Method

  1. 11. Add rye whiskey, simple syrup, vanilla syrup, and angostura bitters to a mixing glass.
  2. 22. Fill the mixing glass two-thirds with large ice cubes.
  3. 33. Stir steadily for 30 seconds until the outside of the glass is well chilled.
  4. 44. Place one large ice cube or sphere into a rocks glass.
  5. 55. Strain the cocktail over the ice in the rocks glass.
  6. 66. Express the lemon peel over the surface by pinching it skin-side down toward the drink, then run the peel around the rim and rest it on the ice.

PRO TIP

Stir, never shake — dilution here is a precision instrument; 30 full rotations with large ice gives you the exact water integration that opens up the rye's spice without flattening it.

Garnish — expressed lemon peel draped over ice


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