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    Cocktail of the Week: Porch Crawler

    By | Shine Food – Tue, Sep 4, 2012 11:04 AM EDT

    By Food & Wine

    © Tina Rupp This terrific cocktail combines juicy cherries with refreshing mint and gets a spicy kick from a muddled chile pepper. America's Best Bars

    Porch Crawler
    INGREDIENTS
    2 ounces chilled club soda
    1 ounce fresh lemon juice
    1 ounce Simple Syrup
    1 hot chile, such as serrano, halved and seeded
    Ice
    5 cherries, pitted, plus 1 cherry for garnish
    3 mint leaves, plus 1 sprig for garnish
    2 ounces white rum

    DIRECTIONS
    1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the 5 pitted cherries, mint leaves and chile. Add ice and the rum, lemon juice and Simple Syrup; shake well. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass, stir in the club soda and garnish with a cherry and a mint sprig.

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