The Crisp Fall Cocktails to Toast the Coziest Season
Is there any better way to welcome in the new season than with a perfectly autumnal drink?
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Fall is in the air, and what better way to usher in the coziest time of the year than by toasting the new season with a delicious autumnal cocktail? Whether you're welcoming a few pals at home, hosting a chic fall fête or just want a delightful beverage to sip on while lounging on your couch, why not up the ante by spicing up your usual drink of choice and opting for a more seasonally appropriate cocktail? While a pumpkin spice latte is nice and all, that's not all we're talking about here, because there are, in fact, other perfectly autumnal ingredients—think cinnamon, apple, cloves, vanilla and so much more. Below, take a peek at the best fall cocktails to whip up this season.
Silver Pumpkin Flip
Ingredients:
1.25 oz. Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
1 oz pumpkin puree
1 whole egg
0.5 oz maple syrup Maple Syrup
1 bar spoon of sugar
Ground nutmeg and/or cinnamon
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass. Shake until emulsified; about one minute. Add ice and vigorously shake again. Double strain into a martini glass. Dust with nutmeg or cinnamon, to garnish.
1800 Iced Chai
Ingredients:
2 oz 1800 Añejo
3 oz chai tea
1 oz coconut milk
1/4 oz agave syrup
Lemon oil
Directions:
Combine 1800 Añejo, chai tea, coconut milk and agave syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain over fresh ice in a highball glass. Express a lemon twist over the top. Garnish with a clove-studded lemon wheel.
Autumn Grove
Ingredients:
2 oz Fig-Infused Cutwater Bourbon Whiskey
2 dashes black walnut bitters
.25 oz maple-vanilla syrup
Dried fig
Orange zest
Directions:
Add all liquid ingredients into a rocks glass, add ice and stir until cold. Garnish with a dried fig on a pick and orange zest.
Hendrick's Hot Spiced Apple
Ingredients:
1 1/4 parts Hendrick's Gin
5 parts spiced apple juice
2 cloves
2 crushed cardamom
2 star anise
2 crushed juniper berries
1 orange peel
Apple slices
Nutmeg
Directions:
Simmer Hendrick's, apple juice and spices in a saucepan. Serve in a teacup; garnish with three apple slices and a dash of nutmeg.
Pumpkin Margarita
- Created by Manny Hinojosa
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Tequila Cazadores Reposado
1 oz Bols Pumpkin Spice Liqueur
2 oz orange juice
1/2 oz lemon Juice
Cinnamon powder
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and then serve over ice. Add cinnamon sugar to rim; garnish with lime and orange slices.
Avaline Mulled Wine
Ingredients:
1 bottle of Avaline Red
1 peeled and juiced orange
1 peeled lemon
4 cinnamon sticks
5 star anise (whole)
5 cloves (whole)
5 allspice (whole)
1 tbsp organic cane sugar
1 orange cut into half wheels
Directions:
Peel orange and lemon, then juice orange. Combine all spices into a large saucepan; toast on medium heat for a few minutes. Add the rest of your ingredients to the pan and let it sit until it starts to steam; about 30 seconds. Reduce heat to low; let ingredients simmer together for 15 minutes. Strain and serve your wine in a mug. Garnish with an orange wheel.
Maple Margarita
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Patron Silver
.75 oz Patron Citrónge Orange
.25 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1 oz maple syrup
1 oz lime juice
Salt
Maple leaf
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin; shake with ice to chill. Strain into a coupe glass rimmed with salt. Garnish with a maple leaf.
Apple Chai T&G
Ingredients:
3 parts (1/2 bottle) Betty Buzz Tonic Water
1 part Aviation Gin
1/2 part apple chai syrup
Star anise pod
Directions:
Fill a highball glass with ice; add gin and apple chai syrup. Top with Betty Buzz Tonic Water and stir gently to combine. Garnish with a star anise pod.
Grapefruit Cinnamon Smash
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Belvedere Vodka
1/4 ruby red grapefruit, cubed
2 dashes ground cinnamon
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
2 to 3 dashes bitters
Grapefruit slice
Directions:
In a mixing glass, muddle the grapefruit chunks with the lemon juice and simple syrup. Add Belvedere Vodka, ground cinnamon and bitters. Top with ice; shake vigorously for 10 seconds and then strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a thin grapefruit slice.
Spiced Espresso Tini
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Don Papa
1 oz espresso
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
1/4 oz Mr. Black
3 espresso beans
Orange zest
Directions:
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice; shake and strain into a coup glass. Garnish with espresso beans and orange zest.
La Rousse
Ingredients:
1 part whiskey
1 part blood orange syrup
3 parts G.H. Mumm Grand Cordon Rosé
Dehydrated blood orange
Directions:
Stir whiskey and blood orange syrup over ice. Strain into a rocks glass with cold draft. Top with rosé. Garnish with dehydrated blood orange and blood orange cubes.
Pumpkin Hot Toddy
Ingredients:
1.5 oz El Bandido Yankee Reposado Tequila
1 oz pumpkin spice syrup (1 tbsp pumpkin spice blend, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup light brown sugar)
1 oz fresh lemon juice
2 dashes orange bitters
8 oz boiling water
Directions:
To make pumpkin spice syrup, combine pumpkin spice blend, water and brown sugar into a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Simmer until reduced by half. Cool and then strain.
For hot toddy: Combine tequila, pumpkin spice syrup and lemon juice into a mug. Fill with hot water. Top off with orange bitters. Garnish with cinnamon stick and dried lemon wheel.
