Bittersweet Identity Crisis

Ingredients:

Garnish: lemon peel

Glassware: Old-fashioned

Yield

one cocktail

Method

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, and stir. Strain over a large rock of clear ice, express lemon peel, and garnish.

I didn’t have lavender bitters, so I went aromatic with home-grown lavender from my balcony slightly charred with a flame.