No Place Like Home: Virginia’s Cocktail of the Year

By Henry Hill Jr.

1 oz Cirrus Vodka

0.5 oz Brady’s Prohibition Gin

1 oz aquafaba (optional)

1 oz peach rosemary syrup

0.5 oz hibiscus tea

0.5 oz fresh lemon juice

0.5 oz Rheda’s Longing Mead from Atheling Meadworks

Begin by pouring one half ounce of mead into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass. Then, combine the rest of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds, then strain into your cocktail glass, garnish with a dehydrated lemon wheel, and enjoy.

Erica Jackson Curran
Erica Jackson Curran grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and now splits her time between Richmond and Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore. When she’s not writing or renovating houses, she’s wrangling her son, Oliver.
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