As we lead into the holiday season, food cravings lean toward stews and braised meat dishes and liquids of choice are robust red wines, malty brews and bold, flavourful cocktails. While vinous desires for robust reds take us beyond Atlantic Canada, there’s no excuse to venture outside of the East Coast when selecting a beer or cocktail.
This holiday libation is an old-fashioned cocktail. The classic recipe calls for a sugar cube soaked in Angostura Bitters, whisky (Canadian rye or bourbon) and an orange peel. This holiday season, keep the ingredients local. Use East Coast spirits, bitters and maple syrup in place of the sugar cube.
Atlantic Canadian Old-Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz Gunpowder and Rose Rum (Newfoundland)
2 dashes Compass Distillers Aromatic Orange Bitters (Nova Scotia)
1/4 oz Anne of Green Gables Raspberry Cordial (Prince Edward Island)
Directions:
Place rum, maple syrup and bitters in an ice-filled mixing glass. Stir for 15 seconds. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Top with a splash of Anne of Green Gables Raspberry Cordial.
This content originally appeared in TIDINGS, a SaltWire custom publishing title.
