How to Make Jim Meehan's Cranberry Sauce Cocktail | Tasting Table
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Servings:
1 cocktail, plus leftover cranberry syrup
Ingredients
  • 2 cups simple syrup (1 part sugar to 1 part water, boiled until sugar dissolves)
  • One 8-ounce bag cranberries
  • 2 ounces rye whiskey such as Wild Turkey Rye
  • ½ ounce cranberry simple syrup
  • 2 dashes Abbott's Bitters
  • Ice
  • Orange twist, for garnish
  • American IPA such as Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
Directions
  1. Make the cranberry simple syrup: Place the simple syrup in a small saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer. Add the cranberries and cook just until a few cranberries begin to split. Remove from the heat and let the syrup cool. Makes about 4 cups. Make ahead: Cranberry simple syrup can be made up to 3 days ahead. Cover and chill until ready to use.
  2. Make the cocktail: Combine the whiskey, cranberry simple syrup and bitters in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake vigorously until chilled. Strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with the orange twist and a few macerated cranberries from the syrup. Serve with the IPA.