Dan Kurzenknabe, Vault & Cellar

Honeycrisp

Ingredients

1.5 oz KO Distiller’s Reserve Bottled-in-Bond Rye Whiskey

1 oz local apple juice  

0.5 oz lemon juice 

0.5 oz honey syrup 

1 dash aromatic bitters

1 dash apple cider vinegar 

5 drops saline

Mint sprig

how to prepare

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice, add a small mint sprig, then shake hard. Double strain into a coupe glass and garnish with an apple slice.

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