Big-Batch Applejack Cocktail

• Recipe by Nick Fauchald

“When you break it down, America’s two greatest contributions to the culinary universe are barbecue and cocktails—buffalo wings finish a distant third,” says F&W Senior Associate Editor Nick Fauchald. For Memorial Day 2008, Fauchald celebrated both, with Carolina-Style Pulled Pork (from the June 2008 issue) and this spunky drink made with applejack, the original American spirit, which he turned into a pork-friendly pitcher drink.

Ingredients

1. Ice
2. 2 cups applejack
3. 1/4 ounce Rich Simple Syrup
4. 1/2 ounce Angostura bitters
5. 8 lemon twists, for garnish

Directions

1. Fill a pitcher with ice. Add all of the ingredients except the lemon twists and stir for 30 seconds, until chilled. Strain into chilled martini glasses and garnish each drink with a lemon twist.