Old Mill

Serve in Old-fashioned glass...
1½	fl oz	Berneroy Fine Calvados
½	fl oz	Lagavulin 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
1	fl oz	Stone's Original Green Ginger Wine
⅓	fl oz	Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
2	dash	Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Cinnamon stick

Comment:

Peaty Islay malt and calvados combine in this spicy and warming on-the-rocks cocktail.

About:

Adapted from a drink created in 2014 by Andrea Buttier, an Italian bartender from Bologna working at The Loft, Clapham Common. Andrea originally used Laphroaig 10 year old for his malt with equal parts calvados, 1 shot Stones ginger wine, ½ shot simple syrup and 2 dashes Peychaud bitters.

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