Welcome to the HOLIDAY SPECIAL episode 15 of The Art of Drinking with Join Jules and Your Favorite Uncle

What are we drinking?

A special Holiday episode to help inspire you for your next Holiday party. This time, we are collaborating with C&H® Sugar to create TWO homemade simple syrup recipes perfect for today’s recipe and so many more cocktails this Winter season. Today Brad is making a Fig Old Fashioned and Jules is making a Cranberry Holiday Margarita, you ready?

Uncle Brad’s Recipe

What do I need?

Fig Syrup

• C&H® Turbinado Sugar

• Dried Figs

• Saucepot

• Strainer

Old fashioned:

• Bourbon

• Figs (Turkish / mission)

• Orange

• Cheery

• Cocktail pick – longer the better

• Ice

• Bittercube Trinity Bitters

• Double rocks glass

• Mixing glass & spoon

• Jigger

How do I make it?

1. Make the C&H® Fig Simple Syrup

• 1 Cup C&H® Turbinado Sugar

• 1 Cup water

• 5 dried figs quartered

• In a medium saucepan add 1 cup C&H® Turbinado sugar and 1 cup water.

• Quarter 5 dried figs and add to saucepan 

• Heat to boil while stirring.

• Reduce heat to simmer and let syrup simmer for 20 minutes

• Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature 

• Strain into a glass jar and cover (syrup will keep in fridge for 2 – 4 weeks)

2. Chill your double rocks glass

3. In mixing glass add:

1. Ice

2. 2 oz Bourbon

3. ½ oz Fig Simple Syrup

4. 3 dash Bitters

5. Ice

Strain over ice into double rocks glass

Garnish with Fig and enjoy

Join Jules’ Recipe

What do I need?

Cranberry Cinnamon Simple Syrup:

• C&H® Turbinado Sugar

• Cranberries

• Cinnamon Sticks

• Saucepot

• Strainer

• Measuring Cups

Margarita:

• Tequila

• Limes

• Oranges

• Orange Liqueur

• Rosemary, to garnish

• Cranberries, to garnish

• Cocktail Shaker, Double sided tin

• Hawthorne Strainer & Fine Mesh Strainer

• Jigger

• Cocktail glasses

• *Ice cube mold if making cranberry ice cubes

• Small plate

• Knife

• Citrus Squeezer

• Zester

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Tip: How to make any simple syrup, storing syrups

• Equal parts water and sugar

• Store syrups in the fridge in a airtight container for 2-4 weeks, add 1 oz of vodka to add another 3 to 4 weeks

• Just add any ingredient

• Cinamon

• Cardamon

• Mint / Peppermint

• Add combinations – think about the flavors around the tale

• orange zest and cinnamon 

• Fig and hazelnut

• Lemon and thyme

• Make syrup combinations like peppermint and mocha for dessert and coffee drinks 

• Happy Holidays everyone! And a very special thank you for our first sponsor, C&H® Sugar

• Stay tuned for season 2 coming in early 2023