Gather your besties, stake out a corner of the bar, and have yourself a cocktail. The five o’clock tradition is a great way to catch up and keep it casual. It’s also a chance to taste the creativity of fantastic mixologists like Ray Fertelmes at The Commoner, who shares one of his winter-menu items with TABLE readers. thecommonerpgh.com

THE NIGHT BEFORE RECIPE

Ingredients

1 oz Maggie’s Farm Spiced Rum

1 oz Laird’s Apple Brandy

1 oz Arsenal Cider

1/2 oz heavy cream

3/4 oz 4-spice demerara syrup

1 egg white

Spiced carrot foam

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients, except for the spiced carrot foam, into a Boston shaker with one ice cube. Shake until ice cube has melted down.

2. Add crushed ice to shaker and shake again until cold. Strain into a Collins glass.

3. Add soda water to tin with crushed ice.

4. Pour soda water over top of cocktail until foam has risen.

5.Top with spiced carrot foam.

RECIPE BY RAY FERTELMES, THE COMMONER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSE COLORED CREATIVE

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