The Dead Reckoning

Ingredients:

Garnish: pineapple frond, mint sprig, lemon peel

Glassware: Highball

Yield

one cocktail

Method

Add the seltzer to a Collins or highball glass. Add the remaining ingredients to a drink mixer tin. Add 12 ounces of crushed ice and 4 to 6 agitator cubes to the drink mixer tin and flash blend. Strain the contents into the glass over the seltzer. Carefully fill the glass with cracked or cubed ice and add garnish.

The vanilla brandy doesn’t show up until the ice has melted, then it becomes a major note.