If you survived a full day of love and holiday awkwardness, you should reward yourself with another cocktail. Seriously, if you don’t have a reward system for yourself, what are you even doing? It’s called self-love. Google it. Another Jones Assembly original, this stirred and boozy babe is making a return from the first winter menu. Sweater Weather tastes like no longer biting your tongue when your aunt asks you why you aren’t married yet. It’s delish.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces C&K Apple Brandy
- ½ ounce Averna
- ½ ounce Pear Eau De Vie
- 1 ounce Chinese 5 Spice Sorghum Syrup*
- 2 dashes JT Decanter Bitters
Preparation
METHOD
Add all ingredients to mixing glass, pint glass, straight into your mouth…(try this with a Mojito sometime. A Mouthito. Just don’t choke on the mint bits.) Add ice. Stir until properly chilled and diluted, strain over fresh ice, garnish with fresh sage leaf.
*Chinese 5 Spice Sorghum Syrup
In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sorghum, 1/2 cup water, and 2 tablespoons Chinese 5 spice (I like Savory Spice Shop’s salt free option). Bring to a boil, remove from heat, allow to cool. Refrigerate.
Happy holidays from me, my bar fam at The Jones Assembly, my cat Squanch, my biological family, my new best friend that’s lived next door to me for three years that I just met last month….
If you need some company this season, belly up to a bar with me and let’s grab a drink. XO.
About this recipe
Pairs well with
“Holiday Season” by Graham Colton Why? Because I caught myself with this still on my playlist in July and I feel zero shame about that. It seems like a song that could keep a family together. Or at least encourage them to politely Irish goodbye without picking a fight with one another.
