Rory is the bar manager at La Voile in Boston, MA, and has worked with the whole Mad River Distillers line of spirits since we debuted in Massachusetts. The Sunset Fire cocktail features Revolution Rye and Tahitian Moon highlights Vanilla Rum. Find Rory on Instagram @50shadesofrory

Tahitian Moon

1.5  oz  Mad River Vanilla Rum

0.5 oz  Lazzaroni Amaretto

0.75 oz lime juice

0.25 oz ginger syrup**

1 dash Angostura bitters

3 drops Bitter Truth Pimento dram

Combine the ingredients above in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice, and shake hard.  Then, fine strain everything in a chilled coupe glass.  Garnish with an edible flower.

**Ginger Syrup – – Mix two parts sugar with one part fresh pressed ginger juice.  Stir until sugar dissolves and bottle.  Add one ounce of high proof vodka to preserve.

Sunset Fire 

1.5 oz Mad River Revolution Rye

0.75 oz Emilio Lustau Amontillado Sherry

0.75 oz Wolfberger Amer Gingembre

2 barspoons Letherbee Fernet

1 tsp cane syrup (2:1)

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 dash Angostura Orange bitters

Combine ingredients above in a mixing glass, add ice, and stir.  Strain into a chilled old fashioned glass.  Garnish with a flamed orange twist and discard the peel.