Japanese Cocktail

Apple brandy, Orgeat, Bitters

Ingredients:

•  2 oz. Laird's 100 Proof Apple Brandy
• .5 oz. Orgeat (recipe below)
• 4 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine:

• Stir with ice, then strain into a chilled coupe
• Garnish with an orange peel

Notes:

• Orgeat is an almond flavored syrup. I made mine at home in about 20 minutes, so it's not too difficult. This recipe is from  Meehan's Bartender Manual
  • Toast almonds
  • Put in blender with water
  • Strain
  • This creates almond milk. 
  • Heat the almond milk in a saucepan with sugar
  • Add cognac, Amaretto, a a few dashes of rose water. I didn't have rose water so used a few drops of vanilla extract instead which worked well. 

Source: Meehan's Bartender Manual