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Haystack – Simple Cocktail Recipe

Cocktail Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less

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By Christina Cannon / Photos by Rich Smith

Ila Storie making a haystack cocktail at stir

Haystack

By Ila Storie

At STIR

Ingredients

2 oz. Four Roses Yellow Label

1/2 oz. Courvoisir VS Cognac

1/2 oz. yellow chartreuse

1/2 oz. spiced orange syrup

1/2 oz. lemon juice

Directions

Add all ingredients to a shaker tin and shake with ice. Strain into rocks glass over a 2×2-inch ice cube. Garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel and cardamon bitters to taste.

Haystack

Ila Storie at STIR

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Course Drinks

Servings 1 drink

Equipment

Cocktail shaker tin
Strainer
Rocks glass

Ingredients

2 oz Four Roses Yellow Label
½ oz Courvoisir VS Cognac
½ oz yellow chartreuse
½ oz spiced orange syrup
½ oz lemon juice

For garnish:

1 dehydrated orange wheel
Cardamon bitters, to taste

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