The Royale with Cheese

Ingredients

• 2 oz cognac (VSOP or better)
• 0.75 oz blood orange juice
• 0.5 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey to water)
• 0.25 oz Angostura bitters
• 1 oz ginger beer
• 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1Combine cognac, blood orange juice, honey syrup, lemon juice, and bitters in a shaker with large ice cubes.
2. 2Shake hard for 12 seconds until the shaker frosts over.
3. 3Strain into a chilled coupe glass with no ice.
4. 4Top slowly with ginger beer and let it settle.
5. 5Garnish with a blood orange wheel balanced on the rim.