Ingredients

• Apple Cider Ginger Smash Cocktail
• You need to make the apple cider syrup and the ginger liquor ahead of time and I make a pitcher of the cocktail up ahead of time so guests can help themselves and just pour it over ice.
• Apple Simple Syrup
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 cups water
• 1 apple, sliced
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
• In a small saucepan, over medium-low heat, add together the sugars, water, apple slices, and cinnamon. Simmer for 45 minutes. Cool. Store in a sterilized sealed glass container in the fridge.
• Ginger Liquor
• 4 slices fresh ginger root
• 1 vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• zest of 1 orange
• 1 1/2 cups brandy
• Bring the ginger, vanilla, sugar, and water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until ginger is soft, about 20 minutes. Let the syrup cool. Do not strain yet.
• Zest the orange and place the zest only in a sterilized sealable glass container along with the syrup and brandy. Seal and shake, then let this mixture steep for one day.
• After one day, remove the vanilla bean and let the mixture steep for an additional day.
• Strain mixture through a coffee filter into a sterilized bottle or jar for storage. Let it sit for one more day before using to let flavors mellow.

Instructions