Long Winter

Ingredients

• 1½ oz VIDO Vodka
• 1 oz fresh lemon
• ½ oz spiced cranberry syrup
• ¼ oz Dry curaçao
• 2 dashes of absinthe
• Top with champagne

Spiced Cranberry Syrup

1. In a pan on the stove, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 1 cup whole cranberries and heat on low.
2. Gently stir until all the sugar is dissolved.
3. Then add whatever spices you’d like– I went with 4-5 cinnamon sticks, a few star anise, some crushed allspice and a few pieces of fresh ginger.
4. Lightly simmer until most of the cranberries have “popped.”
5. Once cooled, strain out the solid and store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Preparation

1. Combine all ingredients (except for Champagne) in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice.
2. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice.
3. Top with Champagne.
4. Garnish with a lemon twist and skewered cranberries.

Served

Over rocks in a Collins Glass

Standard Garnish

Lemon Twist and Skewered Cranberries

Drinkware

Collins Glass