Bourbon Cranberry Old Fashioned
This cinnamon spiced cranberry old fashioned is a festive holiday cocktail made perfect by using bourbon soaked cranberries, orange bitters, and simple syrup.
Servings 1 cocktail
Calories 200kcal
Ingredients
Cranberries
- 2 oz dried cranberries
- 4 oz bourbon
- 1 cinnamon stick,
Cocktail
- ice
- 1 1/2 oz bourbon
- 1/2 oz infused bourbon, from the dried cranberries
- 1 spoonful soaked cranberries
- 1-2 strips orange zest
- 2-3 drops orange bitters
- 1 tbsp simple syrup, or to taste
- orange wedges, for garnish
Instructions
Cranberries
- Add the cranberries, bourbon, and cinnamon stick to a sealable glass container. Give it a stir and let the mixture sit on the counter for 1 day.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and put the cranberries in the refrigerator.
- Keep up to 1 month, refrigerated.
Cocktail
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Add the bourbon, infused bourbon, some of the cranberries, orange zest, orange bitters. Stir the cocktail and taste.
- If needed, add sugar syrup a little at a time until the cocktail is sweetened to your liking.
- Garnish with orange wedges.
Notes
- Bourbon Soaked Cranberries: This recipe makes 6-8 cocktails and is easily doubled.
- Timing: Please note that you will need a day to steep the cranberries! Once you've made a batch they will last at least a month in the refrigerator.
- Container: Use a glass container for the bourbon cranberries. This will keep the flavors clean and you don't have to worry about the plastic leaching into the bourbon.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal