Descanso Beach Smash

• 1/4 ounce Simple Syrup
• 3/4 ounce Aperol (bitter orange Italian aperitif)
• 5 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig for garnish
• 2 ounces rye whiskey
• 3 small orange wedges skewered on a pick, for garnish
• Ice
• 4 lemon wedges

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the lemon wedges and mint leaves.
2. Add ice and the whiskey, Aperol and Simple Syrup and shake well.
3. Pour through a fine strainer into a double rocks glass or wineglass filled with ice cubes or crushed ice.
4. Garnish with the mint sprig and skewered orange wedges.

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Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/descanso-beach-smash (may not work)