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Santa Cruz Brandy Sour

By Daniel Patterson, Photograph by Lori Eanes

Thad Vogler gives props to his hometown with this cocktail, made with brandy distilled in Santa Cruz. Maple sugar lends the drink a nuanced sweetness that’s not cloying.

INGREDIENTS
2 oz. Osocalis brandy
1 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon
2 tsp. maple sugar
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
1 dash absinthe
½ oz. egg whites

DIRECTIONS
1. Combine all ingredients
in a cocktail shaker.
2. Shake very hard and strain through a tea strainer into a cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with a strip of lemon zest.

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