With the weather cooling down and the leaves starting to change and fall,
Its time to let go of the fun times under the warm summer sun and start to break out the flannels and sweaters. With all that comes all the holiday gatherings right around the corner. We put together a list of fall cocktails to try before you head into a family party or friendly gathering.
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Autumn Fizz
Ingredients
2 oz Alibi Gin
.25 oz lemon juice
Agave nectar, to taste
Sparkling apple cider
Garnished with thyme and apple
Instructions
Pour gin into a shaker, add lemon juice and agave nectar, shake, and then pour into a high ball glass and top with sparkling cider. Garnish with fresh thyme and an apple slice.
Campfire Sling
Ingredients
2 oz rye whiskey
.25 oz pure maple syrup (grade A Amber is recommended. For a richer version try grade B)
3 dashes of chocolate bitters
Orange twist with scorched orange oil
Instructions
Add all ingredients to an old-fashioned glass with a large piece of ice. Stir thoroughly. Release the oils from the orange zest through a flaming wood pick over the surface of the drink and serve.
Pear Sour
Ingredients
2 oz pear brandy
2 oz pear nectar or fresh pear juice
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz simple syrup
1 pear slice
1 egg white (optional)
Instructions
Combine pear brandy, pear nectar, lemon juice, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice. (If including egg white, add with this step.) Shake and mix well. If egg white was added, be sure to shake vigorously. Strain into martini or coupe glass. Garnish with a pear slice.
Apple Cider Mimosa
Ingredients
1 bottle champagne
1 cup apple cider
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
On a small plate, combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip champagne flutes in water to wet the rims, then dip in cinnamon sugar mixture. Fill champagne flutes 1/4 full with apple cider, then top off with champagne.
Pumpkin White Russian
Ingredients
1 oz pumpkin spice Kahlua
2 oz vodka
1 oz heavy cream
Instructions
Combine Kahlua, vodka, and cream into glass over ice. Stir lightly.
Kentucky Mulled Cider
Ingredients
1.25 oz Maker's Mark Bourbon
Hot apple cider to top
Dash of allspice
Cinnamon stick
Lemon slice
Instructions
Add bourbon to a mug. Fill mug with hot apple cider and a dash of allspice. Garnish with a tall cinnamon stick and lemon slice.
The Harvest
Ingredients
1.5 oz cognac
.5 oz cinnamon syrup
1 large spoonful of apple butter or apple syrup
Instructions
Shake ingredients before pouring into a sophisticated coupe glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Caramel Apple Mule
Ingredients
1.5 oz Absolut vodka
.5 oz caramel
1 oz apple cider
Ginger beer, to top
Instructions,
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a wooden mug over ice, and top with ginger beer. Garnish with an apple fan.
Apple Hinny
Ingredients
1.5 oz Hangar 1 Straight Vodka
1 oz fresh green apple juice (Granny Smith recommended)
.5 oz lime juice
Ginger beer tp top
Instructions
Combine and serve over ice. Garnish with an apple fan.
High Fashion
Ingredients
2 oz Plymouth Gin
1.25 oz elderflower liqueur
1.25 oz grapefruit juice
2 dashes of rhubarb bitters
Grapefruit peel (for garnish)
Instructions
Build all ingredients in a rocks glass over ice and stir together.
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