Colonial Ties

from Punch (http://punchdrink.com)

Ingredients

Serving: 1

• 1 ounce rye whiskey
• 1 ounce rye whiskey
• 1 ounce Jamaican rum
• 1 ounce Jamaican rum
• 1 brown sugar cube
• 1 brown sugar cube
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 barspoon soda water
• 1 barspoon soda water
• absinthe, to rinse the glass
• absinthe, to rinse the glass

Garnish: lemon twist

Directions

1. In a chilled mixing glass, soak the sugar cube with orange bitters.
2. Add a barspoon of soda water and muddle into a paste.
3. Add the rye and rum and cracked ice and stir.
4. Strain into a chilled rocks glass rinsed with absinthe.
5. Express the lemon twist and use as garnish on the rim of the glass.