I Advise, Bitters, Spritz Optional

A recipe: Take all the citrus you have leftover from the holidays—lemons, limes, and darlin’ clementines that would otherwise get lost under something in your crisper while you were “cooking” apologetic non-meals on the coattails of your holiday labors—and add them to the leftover tart cherry juice you bought because you read it would help you sleep, or run faster, or remember things. Then pour those things into a much larger vessel and add as much bourbon as you have left after eggnog season, and/or fill the vessel to capacity. Serve over crushed ice. Add a spritzer, if you have the energy. Oh! Bitters would also be good. Add these to the mix before you stir, and certainly before you spritz. Did I say to stir it? For this preparation, I’m sure it won’t matter what kind of bitters you use, but if anyone is watching, do use the sort that come in a mysterious-looking bottle.