“My favorite kind of holiday drink is something spirituous and spice-driven,” says Alec Bales, and his Shady Grove, which takes inspiration from the classic Dark ’n’ Stormy, delivers. In his riff, the traditional dark rum sits out, replaced by American apple brandy and the artichoke-based Italian amaro Cynar. It’s rounded out with a splash of cane syrup and a dash of aromatic bitters and finished with a spiced ginger ale, redolent of bright orange peel, cinnamon and coriander.
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