Slice the cherry top to bottom five times around pit and soak in the amaretto. Muddle the cider, sage, saffron, brown sugar, orange peels, and orange zest in a cocktail shaker. Add the bourbon and ice, and stir. Double- strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with the amaretto-soaked cherry.
Similar cocktails:
- 1 ½ oz bourbon
- ¾ oz orange curaçao
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 oz fizz water
- 2 orange wedges
- 2 sweet or sour cherries
Muddle the bitters, curaçao, one of the orange slices, and one of the cherries in a rocks glass. Remove the orange rind and add the bourbon, fizz water, and ice. Garnish with the remaining orange wedge and cherry.
- 1 ½ oz Maker's Mark bourbon
- ¾ oz Disaronno amaretto
- 2 dashes peach bitters
- 2 star anise pods
Shake the liquid ingredients and one of the star anise pods with a reasonable amount of fury and double-strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry and the remaining star anise pod.
- 1 ½ oz Wild Turkey bourbon
- ¾ oz Drambuie
- 1 ½ oz apple cider
- ½ oz lemon juice
- 1 dash Whiskey Barrel Aged bitters
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.