Muddle the orange slices and mint in a cocktail shaker. Add the brandy, ginger syrup, lemon juice, and ice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with ginger ale and garnish with an orange wheel.

Origin: Jeff Hollinger Comstock Saloon, San Francisco

• 2 oz citrus vodka
• ⅔ oz lemon juice
• ⅔ oz cranberry juice
• ⅔ oz ginger syrup
• ginger ale

Pour the first four ingredients into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with ginger ale and garnish with a lemon wedge.

• 1 oz applejack
• 1 oz brandy
• ¼ oz Cointreau
• 1 oz lemon juice
• brut Champagne

Shake the first four ingredients and strain into a champagne flute. Top with brut. Lemon peel garnish.

• 2 oz brandy
• ½ oz lemon juice
• ½ oz lime juice
• ½ tsp simple syrup
• ½ Granny Smith apple (peeled, cored, and sliced)
• 1 tsp egg white

Muddle the apple in a cocktail shaker. Pour in the other ingredients, add ice, shake, and double-strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Apple slice, lemon wheel, and cherry garnishes.