Pearman’s Toddy

Name: Pearman's Toddy
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups sugar; 4 sticks cinnamon, plus one for garnish; 2 oz. gin; 1 oz. cinnamon simple syrup; 1 ⁄ 2 oz. lemon juice; 1 dash Angostura bitters

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

HELEN ROSNER

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

Ingredients

For the Cinnamon Simple Syrup

1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
4 sticks cinnamon, plus one for garnish

For the Cocktail

2 oz. gin
1 oz. cinnamon simple syrup
¹⁄₂ oz. lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters

Instructions

Step 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.

Step 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.