Founder and CEO of Brother Justus Whiskey Company, Phil Steger, joins us today to share about the Distiller’s Guild happening tonight in Medicine Lake and to share a fun holiday cocktail recipe.

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Chai Old Fashioned
Cocktail Ingredients:
2oz Brother Justus American Single Malt Whiskey
1oz Chai tea concentrate (we like Rishi Masala Chai)
2 dashes chai bitters (we like Dashfire brand)
1/4oz chai simple syrup (recipe below)

Cocktail Instructions
Build in mixing container
Stir mix until fully incorporated no ice
Pour over one large ice cube into rocks/lowball glass
Stir with a long, cocktail spoon or chopstick
Add a cinnamon stick to garnish

Chai Simple Syrup
Ingredients
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 inch of ginger sliced
3 cloves
4 cardamom pods
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Anise star
1 whole allspice
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
3 teaspoon chai tea (using tea bags or tea ball infuser, if possible)
1cup turbinado sugar
1cup white sugar
1 cup water

Chai Simply Syrup Instructions
Bring spices and 1 cup water to boil
Simmer for 10 minutes
Add Turbinado and white sugar. If necessary, turn heat back on to full
dissolve the sugar
(Strain, if necessary)
Store in the refrigerator for up to a week (yields about 1 cup