Cran-Apple Cider

Part apple brandy, part cranberry juice, all kinds of delicious. A perfect cocktail.

• 1 oz bourbon
• 1 oz apple brandy (Calvados)
• 1 oz apple cider (the juice, not the booze)
• 1 oz cranberry cocktail juice
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 1 ounce thyme simple syrup
• 1 dash Angostura bitters

For the thyme syrup

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 sprigs lemon thyme
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 2, 1-inch strips of lemon zest

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To make the syrup, bring the water, sugar, thyme, cinnamon and lemon zest to a boil in a small pot; reduce the heat to low, and let simmer 5 minutes.
2. Remove the pot from the heat, strain the syrup and cool it to room temperature before placing in the fridge to chill.
3. Pour all the cocktail ingredients into a shaker filled with ice, secure the lid and shake until chilled.
4. Strain into an ice-filled tumbler, and garnish with a round slice of apple and a sprig of lemon thyme.