Salem Spritzer

October 22, 2020

You know that feeling around Mid-October shows when leaves start to change and all you want to do is bake all the things, put on a nostalgic movie, curl up under a blanket, and sip on something festive as all get out? Here’s the drink for just such the occasion.

A small twist on a cocktail by Simon Hooper for the book No Shot After Midnight, the Salem Spritzer uses the classic combination of whiskey and ginger with seasonal additions of apple, spice, and luscious butterscotch. Ginger beer and Infuse Bitters’ Szechaun spice bitters add a ‘witchy’ bite perfect for a spooky sip this Halloween. Don’t forget to drag the apple slices used to garnish through the butterscotch drip for an extra treat.

Ingredients

1 tablespoonbutterscotch

1 1/2 ouncesrye whiskey

1 1/2 ouncesFuji apple juice

3/4 ouncelemon juice

1/2 ounceDomain de Canton ginger liqueur

1/2 ounceraw applesauce

1/4 ouncesimple syrup

3 dropsInfuse Bitters Szechuan Spice bitters

2 ouncesFee Brothers ginger beer

1/4Fuji apple, thinly sliced for garnish

Preparation

1. Warm butterscotch until a thick liquid, but not too runny. Rim a glass halfway with butterscotch, allowing to drip about 1/3 the way down the glass. Lay on non-coated side to set.

2. Add remaining ingredients except ginger beer and apples to a shaker. Add ice and shake.

3. Double strain over fresh ice, using a spoon to agitate applesauce so liquid gets through. Top with ginger beer and garnish with apple slices.