Alpine Smash

About this Cocktail

Original recipe by Hunter Orahood

This is a well balanced tipple with an piney/herbal front to it. For a variation on the spruce syrup we added green cardamom pods and a vanilla bean. I don't know which version I liked best. anyway, Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2oz sazerac rye
• .5 leopold bros alpine liqueur
• .5 spruce syrup
• .5 fresh lemon juice
• 3 blackberries

Preparation:

*muddle 2 blackberries in syrup / add remaining ingredients / shake / double strain over new ice / berry and lemon peel garnish

*spruce syrup was made with spruce needles, but If pine needles are not available rosemary syrup is a suitable substitute.