Copycat Midnight Running Cocktail (Whisper House)

Author: Monica Ming

Ingredients:

• 2 oz of rye whiskey (Old Forester)

• 1 oz of sweet vermouth

• 1 oz of cognac

• 3 drops of orange bitters

• One medium orange (peeled, keep orange peels, sliced)

• 1 maraschino cherry

• Sugar cube

• 1 matchstick

• lighter

Tools:

• cocktail shaker

• whiskey glass

Instructions:

1. In cocktail shaker, mix whiskey, cognac, and sweet vermouth together.

2. Light whiskey mixture on fire using a lighter. Add one sugar cube. Melt sugar into whiskey.

3. Add orange bitters.

4. Using a matchstick, burn the tip of an orange peel and toss orange peel into whiskey. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

5. Serve on the rocks or straight.