Ingredients

　　2 ounces Amontillado sherry

　　1 ounce Ginger-Lime-Infused Simple Syrup

　　1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) fresh lime juice

　　2–3 ounces club soda

　　curl of lime peel, for garnish

　　Pour the sherry, simple syrup , and lime juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well (until condensation forms on the entire shaker). Strain the mixture into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with the club soda. Place the lime peel in the glass.

　　Peterson's Happy Hour by Valerie Peterson. Copyright © 2010. Published by Clarkson Potter. All Rights Reserved.VALERIE PETERSON is a writer descended from a long line of therapeutic concoctionists. A native of Yonkers, New York, she now lives in (and enjoys an occasional) Manhattan.