cookPearman's Toddy

Laced with cinnamon, lemon, and Angostura bitters, this gin-based drink from Fletcher’s Brooklyn Barbecue is a brisk, warming twist on a toddy.
From: Saveur

FOR THE CINNAMON SIMPLE SYRUP
1½ cups sugar
4 cinnamon sticks, plus one for garnish
FOR THE COCKTAIL
2 oz. gin
1 oz. cinnamon simple syrup
½ oz. lemon juice
Dash Angostura bitters

1. Make the syrup: Combine 2 cups water, sugar, and 4 cinnamon sticks in a 2-qt. saucepan; simmer for 10 minutes until sugar has dissolved. Discard cinnamon sticks and set syrup aside. Makes about 1½ cups; syrup will keep, refrigerated, for up to two weeks.

2. Make the cocktail: Heat gin, syrup, lemon juice, and 2 oz. water in a 2-qt. saucepan. Remove from heat and add bitters. Serve in a mason jar with a cinnamon stick as garnish.

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