Stone Wall

SERVINGS: makes 1 drink

The drinks at this Kimpton hotel restaurant are the work of cocktail master Dale DeGroff, famous for his showmanship at New York City's Rainbow Room from 1987 to 1999.

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One 1-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled
1 1/2 teaspoons Simple Syrup
1 1/2 ounces aged rum
1 1/2 ounces apple cider
Ice
1 1/2 ounces chilled ginger beer
1 lime wedge
1 slice of apple

In a cocktail shaker, muddle the sliced ginger with the Simple Syrup. Add the rum, cider and ice and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and top with the ginger beer. Garnish with the lime wedge and apple slice.