With spring well underway, we thought it was appropriate to celebrate with a refreshing, easily-made cocktail. This is a slightly different version than the classic Stone Fence, a colonial-era drink noted for being a favorite of Ethan Allen. Word has it that he and “the Green Mountain Boys” filled up on a mix of rum and hard cider the night before attacking the British-controlled Fort Ticonderoga.

We’ve added some orange bitters and a nice helping of cinnamon sugar around the rim of the glass, which makes it a sweet and tart treat. We also changed the name to Stone Wall in recognition of a song that Conor’s Uncle Jack used to sing, “the Old Stone Wall.”

Ingredients

• Good quality rum
• Hard cider
• Orange bitters
• Cinnamon sugar

Directions

Rim a rocks glass with cinnamon sugar by wetting the rim with water and dipping the glass rim into the cinnamon sugar. Drop in a few cubes of ice.

The ratio of cider to rum is 3-1. For a single glass, for example, use 2 ounces of rum and 6 ounces of cider. Add one or two dashes of orange bitters, stir and enjoy.