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Maritime Toddy Cocktail


MARITIME TODDY

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Compass Distillers’ Spiced Rhumb

  • 1/2 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice

  • 1.5-2 oz. Wild Blueberry Herb Syrup (recipe below)

  • 4 oz. Hot water

  • Lemon slice & fresh rosemary for garnish

Pour the spiced rhumb, lemon juice, and blueberry syrup in a mug, and top with about 4 oz of hot water. Add a lemon slice and fresh rosemary for garnish. Enjoy!

Wild Blueberry Herb Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup frozen wild blueberries*

  • 1 cup water

  • 1/2 cup honey

  • Several sprigs of a fresh herb of your choice (I used rosemary)

  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice


Combine the blueberries, water, honey, and herb sprigs in a saucepan over low heat and stir. Increase heat to medium and bring the mixture to a gentle boil, and simmer for 10-15 minutes, until syrup is starting to thicken. Stir in the lemon juice and remove from heat. Allow syrup to cool before straining out the fruit and herbs with a mesh strainer.

Syrup will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

*Regular blueberries will also work great. And I used frozen blueberries but fresh would work great too!

Adapted from this recipe.