RECIPE BY MIIJIDAA CAFÉ & BISTRO BEVERAGE MANAGER JESSICA MORRIS 

COTTAGE SEASON HAS ARRIVED. TO CELEBRATE THIS ANNUAL MILESTONE MIIJIDAA MIXOLOGIST JESSICA MORRIS HAS CREATED THE ‘SMOKING TREE SIPPER’, A FUN TAKE ON THE CLASSIC ‘OLD FASHIONED’ THAT INCORPORATES AMARETTO FOR DEPTH AND LEANS HEAVILY ON TWO OF COTTAGE COUNTRY’S UBIQUITOUS TREE SPECIES: THE MIGHTY BIRCH AND AROMATIC CEDAR. FIND A DOCK AND ENJOY. 

SMOKING TREE SIPPER 

Method: Stir, strain, top
Glass: Rocks glass
Garnish: Top Shelf Preserves’ maraschino cherry 

2oz Gooderham + Worts rye
.25oz Elora Distilling Co amaretto 

.25oz birch syrup
3 dashes Angostura bitters 

Directions: Pour all ingredients over ice in a mixing glass and stir. Torch a cedar slab and smoke the glass. Once the glass is nice and smoky, strain the chilled ingredients over fresh ice. Garnish with a maraschino cherry. Sunscreen not included.