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John McKinnon's Promise - Cocktail Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 2 oz of bourbon whiskey
  • 12-14 oz of cider
  • sugar
  • cherries
  • 1 oz of apple flavored brandy

Instructions

Add bourbon and brandy to a shaker half-filled with shaved ice and shake vigorously. Strain into highball glass. Sink the sugar cube. Add three fingers of ice to cover sugar cube and liquid. Slowly pour in hard cider to top of glass. Float the cherry on top.

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