Snowball Old Fashioned

• 2 1/2 ounces Bourbon
• 1/2 ounce gingerbread syrup
• 3 dashes wormwood bitters
• Gingerbread Syrup
• 1100 g water
• 1000 g unbleached cane sugar
• 100 g molasses
• 7 cinnamon sticks
• 8 whole cloves
• 12 whole allspice
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground nutmeg
• 80 g fresh peeled and minced ginger

1. Gingerbread Syrup (yield is approximately 1/2 gallon):
2. Crack or smash the dried spices (do not grind).
3. Toast dry spices in a dry saucepan over medium-high heat, until aromatic.
4. Cool pan, then add water and bring to a boil; allow to boil for 3 minutes.
5. Lower heat and add sugar, ginger and molasses and heat again until simmering and sugar has dissolved.
6. Cool, then pour through a fine mesh strainer to remove graininess of spices and bottle.
7. Snowball Old Fashioned:
8. In a mixing glass, combine all ingredients with cracked ice and stir well.
9. Strain into a Miracle double rocks glass, zest lemon over drink then add ice snowball.

bourbon, gingerbread syrup, wormwood bitters, syrup, water, cane sugar, molasses, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice, fresh ground nutmeg, ginger

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/snowball-old-fashioned-534585 (may not work)