Cranberry Crush

Ingredients

• 1 dash angostura bitters 
• 1  cinnamon sticks 
• 16  cranberries 
• 1 inch ginger fresh chopped
• 1.5 ounces hendrick's gin 
• 1 serving ice cubes 
• 3  lime whole
• 0.8 ounce juice of lime freshly squeezed
• 1 dash orange bitters 
• 0.5 ounce cranberries 
• 0.5 cup sugar 
• 1 cup water 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• sieve

Directions

1. For the cranberry syrup: combine sugar, water, cranberries, and cinnamon stick in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently. Cook until sugar dissolves and cranberries soften and pop. Mash cranberries slightly.
2. Let cool. Strain with a fine-mesh strainer and keep sealed in the refrigerator.
3. For the cocktail: Muddle cranberries, ginger, and cranberry syrup in the bottom of a cocktail shaker until cranberries have popped. Fill shaker with ice.
4. Add bitters, gin, amaro, and lime. Shake well until chilled. Double strain into cocktail glass, top with splash of tonic, whole cranberries, and lime twist.