Toil and Trouble

Toil and Trouble

Ingredients:

  • 2oz Brandy
  • 0.75oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup
  • 0.5oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 0.5oz Lemon Juice
  • 1 tbsp Blackberry Jam
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters

Directions:

Preparation: combine ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and shake hard, then strain into a rocks glass and top with crushed ice. 

Garnish: Toasted cinnamon sticks (Toast cinnamon sticks with torch or over stove until they begin to smolder) and a few blackberries. 

*Cinnamon Simple Syrup: 
3 Cinnamon Sticks
2 c. Water
1.5 c. Sugar

Preparation: Combine cinnamon sticks and water in a small saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes, then remove cinnamon sticks and add sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved and then cool. 

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