Squirrel's Stash

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 1 drink
  • Total: 1 day 10 min (includes infusing time)
  • Active: 10 min
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Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces Fall-Infused Rye Whiskey, recipe follows

1 ounce dry sherry 

1/4 ounce orange-flavored liqueur, such as Cointreau  

Hazelnut-flavored liqueur, to taste

Orange peel, for garnish 

Fall-Infused Rye Whiskey:

1 orange

20 cloves

1/4 cinnamon stick

One 750-milliliter bottle rye whiskey, such as Bulleit

Directions

  1. Put the Fall-Infused Rye Whiskey, sherry, orange liqueur and hazelnut liqueur into a mixing glass, add large ice and stir thoroughly. Strain into a glass, garnish with an orange peel and serve.

Fall-Infused Rye Whiskey:

  1. Stud the orange with the cloves in a decorative pattern. Put the clove-studded orange, cinnamon and whiskey in a deep container so the whiskey fully covers the orange and cinnamon. Infuse at room temperature, covered, for 12 to 24 hours. Strain before using.

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rebelchanteuse

Wow! This recipe is fantastic! We served it on Christmas Day, to avoid the issue of folks asking for whatever cocktail pops into their heads (previous requests have been caipirinhas or whiskey and Mexican coke -- I have a formidable liquor cabinet but don't always have every mixer). We used bourbon (Makers) because we thought that rye would have too much bite for our guests' tastes. Even though Makers is a sweeter bourbon, the cocktail was perfectly balanced. We mixed up a whole pitcher so everyone could serve themselves, and it disappeared way too soon. A delicious way to preserve sanity! We're prepping another bottle of bourbon as I type this.

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