Favorite Fall Cocktail Recipes to Warm Your Heart & Cozy-Up Your Happy Hour
Is there any better time of year to fall in love with Garden-to-Glass drinks than Autumn?
Fall’s cozy cocktails warm up your heart and just make you swoon with the season’s mellow flavors, don’t they? Here’s a few of my favorite fall drinks that are simple to make and are sure to kindle the start of cool evenings fueled with some spicy or sweet and always bewitching spirits….
Hudson Whiskey Apple Sour
Autumn just screams apples, doesn’t it?
You could say I’m really partial to apples. I grow my own apples. We love Mother’s classic Apple pie ~ at 99 and half, she’s still baking the best apple ~ (and cherry) pies!
What’s more American than Mom’s Apple Pie?!
And in my Art of the Garnish book, I featured drinks made with Laird & Company’s apple spirits ~ from where else ~ the Garden State; with a pedigree that can boast it is America’s oldest licensed distillery in the United States.
I adore apple drinks ~ they’re so delicious and can be hot or cold or dialed up to fancy or as simple as well, this Hudson Whiskey Fall drink made with simple syrup ~ along with apple cider and ginger beer.
Hudson Whiskey Spiced Apple Sour
Ingredients:
1 ½ parts Hudson Single Malt
1 part apple cider
½ part fresh lemon juice
½ part simple syrup
Ginger beer to top
Method:
Build cocktail over ice in a tall Collins glass. Stir to combine.
Garnish
Perch a few slices of thin apples on the glass rim and a dusting of grated nutmeg.
Spooktacular Candy Apple Cocktail
Sailor Jerry Candy Apple
Ingredients
2 parts Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
8 parts warm apple cider
Method:
Stir ingredients. Serve in desired tempered after-dinner glassware.
Garnish:
Add a Cinnamon stick.
Drambuie Pumpkin Ginger Cocktail
Pumpkin Ginger Shandy
Ingredients:
1½ parts Toasted Walnut-Infused Drambuie
½ part Monkey Shoulder Scotch
¼ part Lemon Juice
¼ tsp Fresh Ginger
4-5 parts Pumpkin Ale
Method:
Mix all ingredients, stir over ice. Serve in long glass.
Garnish:
Float or perch skewered Candied Ginger
* Toasted Walnut-Infused Drambuie- Toast nuts over medium heat until browned and you can easily smell toasted aroma. For every 1 part of Drambuie add 1/2 part of Toasted nuts. Let infuse in airtight container for 24 hours. Strain and reserve for use.
Photo and recipe credit: Bluecoat American Dry Gin
Ghostly Brew Autumn Night
Ingredients:
Q Ginger Beer
3 mint leaves, muddled
1 ½ part Bluecoat Gin (love, love this gin!)
¾ part lime juice
½ part ginger syrup
Method:
Shaken & strained over ice. Top with Q Drinks Ginger Beer
Garnish:
Slice of lime/lime wheel and candied ginger
Caraillo Oaxacqueno Cocktail
Caraillo Oaxacqueno
Ingredients:
1 part Montelobos Mezcal
1 part Drambuie
1 espresso
Method:
Layer into glass the Mezcal, Drambuie, top with fresh espresso
Garnish:
Espresso beans, espresso chocolates, and/or cinnamon stick
Cheers to cozying up to Autumn’s cool nights and warm drinks…
