Winter Spice Infusion

Ingredients

1 750 ml bottle Belle Isle Premium Moonshine
1 orange peel
2 pods star anise
1 tbs all spice
1 tbs clove
1 tbs nutmeg
2 cinnamon sticks

Preparation

Torch spices in metal bowl, torch orange peels. Add all ingredients to jar with moonshine, shake. Let sit 2 days, strain.

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Ingredients

1.5oz Winter Spice Infusion
1oz Apple Shrub (recipe below)

Shake Shake, strain into glass. Add 3 oz foggy ridge serious cider. Garnish with Apple.

Apple Shrub Recipe:

1 cup Apple juice
1 cup water
1 cup Apple cider vinegar
1 cup sugar

Heat liquid, whisk in sugar.

Todd Thrasher, General Manager, Sommelier & Liquid Savant of Alexandria’s Restaurant Eve, is a lover of many things—scuba diving, the island of Bonaire, playing golf and cooking. Most importantly, however, is his love for the creation of the perfect artisan cocktail and his knowledge of wine. Thrasher, a native Virginia, is the passion behind expert wine lists and trend setting cocktails for Restaurant Eve, Society Fair, TNT Bar, and PX that have earned him acclaim and garnered him highly coveted awards. For more, check out our August post on Thrasher's Cocktail List.

Photography by Jonathon Thorpe.