• 2 oz Buf­fa­lo Trace bourbon
• 3/4 oz Clear Creek Pear Brandy
• 1/2 oz fall sim­ple syrup
• 1 bar spoon of fresh lemon juice
• 2 dash­es Post Pro­hi­bi­tion orange bitters
• 1 pear slice

Shake all ingre­di­ents except pear slice with ice and strain into a chilled cock­tail glass.

Gar­nish with a pear slice.

You can try this cock­tail at our Octo­ber (Oct. 15th 2010) Liba­tion Lounge event at the Gin Mill (Bal­ti­more City).

Fall simple syrup recipe

• 2 cups of water
• 2 cups of turbina­do sugar
• 2 nut­megs
• 1/4 cup of cloves
• 2 cin­na­mon sticks
• 1/4 cup all­spice berries
• tsp whole black peppercorns
• tsp vanil­la extract
• 2 twists of orange peel

Com­bine all ingre­di­ents except vanil­la extract in a saucepan. Sim­mer for approx­i­mate­ly 30 min­utes. Strain into a glass bot­tle. Add vanil­la and a shot of vod­ka. Keep in the refrig­er­a­tor for approx­i­mate­ly 3 weeks.

Recipe by Josh Sul­li­van and Paul Palombo