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Recipe ArchiveWeek 08 of 8 · The Grand Toast

Last Frost

A deliberate callback to Week One's First Frost — same bourbon backbone, fig and orange instead of brown butter. The season closing the loop on itself.

bourbon, fig, orange, maple · served rocks · No. 23 of 24, season 2026

Last Frost bourbon and fig cocktail with an oversized cinnamon stick trunk and frozen fig ice cube

Method

  1. 01

    Stir all ingredients with ice for 25 seconds.

  2. 02

    Strain over the fig ice cube in a rocks glass.

  3. 03

    Lay the oversized cinnamon stick across the glass.

Garnish

Oversized cinnamon “trunk” and a frozen fig ice cube.

Also on Week 08 · The Grand Toast · opens December 21

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