High West Whiskey Lemonade Recipe

Ingredients

Spiced Simple Syrup:

7 cups sugar

4 quarts water

5 whole lemons, halved

1/4 cup whole cloves

10 whole cinnamon sticks

4 whole, unsplit vanilla beans

2 whole nutmeg

Lemonade:

1:1:2 :: syrup:lemon juice:water

Preparation

Bring all ingredients to a boil. Simmer for 1 hour; strain and chill.

To make lemonade, mix one part simple syrup with one part freshly squeezed lemon juice and two parts water.

To make whiskey lemonade, mix together 1 1/2 oz Rendezvous Rye, 5-6 oz spiced lemonade, and a sprig of fresh mint; serve on the rocks.