Fernet My Heart in San Francisco

Name: Fernet My Heart in San Francisco
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H40M0.000S
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon Chinese five-spice powder; 1 1/2 ounces bourbon; 3/4 ounce lime juice; 1/2 ounce Fernet; Splash ginger beer; Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

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Level: Easy

Total: 40 min (includes cooling time)
Active: 10 min

Yield: 1 cocktail

Level: Easy

Total: 40 min (includes cooling time)
Active: 10 min

Yield: 1 cocktail

Ingredients

Chinese Five-Spice Simple Syrup:

1 cup sugar

1 tablespoon Chinese five-spice powder

Cocktail:

1 1/2 ounces bourbon

3/4 ounce lime juice

1/2 ounce Fernet

Splash ginger beer

Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

Directions

For the Chinese five-spice simple syrup: Combine 1 cup water, the sugar and the five-spice powder in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Let cool.
For the cocktail: Put the bourbon, lime juice, Fernet and 1/4 ounce of the Chinese five-spice simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a Collins or highball glass filled with ice. Top with the ginger beer and garnish with a few sprigs of mint. Wax nostalgic about the Bay.