Midnight Cider

After a long day, week, month, you are so ready to relax. You get dressed and ready and you're off. You arrive at your best friend's annual holiday party, kind of wishing you had stayed home (you know the feeling). As soon as you walk in you are met with hugs, handshakes, warm holiday greetings, and the perfect winter cocktail (or mocktail, of course). Music is playing at a delightfully perfect volume. You notice how your drink tastes like apples and cranberry with a hint of clove. It's incredible. As you start catching up with friends, you feel the warmth that comes with having good conversation with people you really enjoy. You make a silent promise to yourself to actually get together more. As the clock strikes midnight and you continue sipping from your festive Winter glass, you think, "how silly that we only do this once per year." You vow to obtain that delicious drink recipe and recreate it all Winter long. Notes of apple cider • red wine • cranberry • chestnut • cardamom • clov