Winter Margarita

1. Pour all liquids into a shaker tin without ice.
2. Fill a large rocks glass with ice.
3. Add ice into the shaker tin with all the liquids. Shake for 15 seconds. Strain into the large rocks glass.
4. Put a mint sprig in your non-dominant hand, then slap it with your dominant hand. (This releases the aromatics within the mint.)
5. Garnish with the mint sprig.

Procedure for cranberry-rosemary-mint simple syrup:

1. Fill half of a plastic quart container with granulated white sugar.
2. Add 6 oz. of Ocean Spray cranberry juice into the quart container.
3. Torch four 6-inch rosemary sprigs on medium heat with a butane torch for 5-10 seconds, then add them to the quart container.
4. Grab 25-30 mint leaves (slap all) and add them to the quart container.
5. Fill up the rest of the quart container with hot water and stir until mixed thoroughly.
6. Put a lid on the container. Let it sit in a refrigerator overnight.
7. Strain out the mint leaves and rosemary the next day.