Cocktail of the month: Autumn Ash

Ingredients

• 2 ounces blended Scotch whisky
  
• 1 ounce apple brandy
  
• ¹/₄ ounce St. Germain elderflower liqueur
  
• 2 dashes orange bitters
  
• 1 large wide lemon peel ‘chip’, as garnish

Directions

1. Combine the Scotch, apple brandy, St. Germain, and bitters in a mixing glass half-filled with ice. Stir until chilled and properly diluted, about 20 seconds. Julep strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass
2. Garnish with a lemon chip; its oil expressed onto the surface of the drink and rubbed onto the rim of the glass, then dropped or draped on top.