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OPERATION NEPTUNE

Course Cocktail

Ingredients
  

  • 1 oz. Knob Creek rye
  • 1 o.z Chauffe Coeur VSOP Calvados
  • ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ¾ oz. cinnamon syrup (recipe follows)
  • 2 pinches smoked sea salt

CINNAMON SYRUP

  • 1000 grams of water
  • 25 grams cinnamon stick
  • 5 grams black peppercorns

Instructions
 

  • Combine the rye, Calvados, lemon juice, syrup, and 1 pinch of salt in a Boston shaker. Add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into an Old Fashioned glass with large ice cubes.
  • Garnish with the remaining 1 pinch of smoked salt along the top of the ice.

CINNAMON SYRUP

  • Boil all of the ingredients together until reduced by one-third. Measure the liquid and add an equal amount of granulated sugar. Stir to dissolve. Cool before use.
  • This syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.