Rhubarb Apple Vodka Collins

• Rhubarb Syrup
• 4 cups chopped rhubarb
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• The Cocktail
• 1 ounce rhubarb syrup
• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1-2 dashes Fee Brothers Old Fashion Aromatic Bitters
• 4 ounces Dry Sparkling Fuji Apple soda
• ice
• lemon zest, thinly sliced, to garnish

1. To make the rhubarb syrup, combine rhubarb, sugar and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer and cook until rhubarb breaks down, about 10 minutes. Take the syrup off the heat and stir in the vanilla, if using.
2. Strain the syrup through a fine mesh strainer and press the rhubarb pulp with the back of a spoon. Let cool and then store in a glass jar in the refrigerator.
3. To make the cocktail, fill a shaker half full of ice.
4. Add rhubarb syrup, vodka, lemon juice and bitters. Shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds.
5. Pour into a small champagne glass (not a flute). Top each cocktail with Dry Sparkling Fuji Apple. Garnish with lemon zest.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/57035-rhubarb-apple-vodka-collins (may not work)