Crystal Fall

Ingredients

FOR THE SIMPLE SYRUP

• 1 cup sugar

FOR THE DRINK

• 1 ½ ounces Cognac, preferably Pierre Ferrand 1840

• ½ ounce Lemon Hart Demerara rum

• ¼ ounce palo cortado sherry, preferably Lustau

• ¼ ounce ginger syrup (brands available at Whole Foods and many other stores include the Ginger People and Morris Kitchen, of Brooklyn)

• ¾ ounce fresh apple cider

• ½ ounce lemon juice

• 1 dash Angostura bitters

• Apple slice