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Learn to make Esther’s Kitchen’s Lipstick & Cigarettes cocktail

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lipstick and Cigarettes cocktail at Esther's Kitchen (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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This two-tone cocktail is a modern play on the New York sour. It’s floral and fruity and just right for toasting to Esther’s Kitchen’s one-year anniversary.

Ingredients

1½ ounces applejack brandy

5 ounces Benedictine

5 ounces lemon juice

5 ounces cinnamon syrup

Egg white

Angostura bitters

Cherry bark vanilla bitters

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Rosebud

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Combine all ingredients in mixing tin or Boston shaker. Shake with ice, then drain ice and shake liquid without ice. Pour into Collins glass. Top with Lambrusco. Garnish with dried rosebud.

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