8 FALL COCKTAILS THAT EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW HOW TO MAKE
Yes, there are special cocktails for every time of the year, there is nothing more refreshing than a mojito in the summer, a Gin Tonic with citrus touches is perfect for spring, winter comes with its punches, Hot Toddys and the famous Christmas Eggnogg, and autumn also has a few good cocktails to celebrate the fall of the leaves and the beginning of the best season of the year.
Fall is the season of apples and pumpkins, of cinnamon-scented desserts, and it's those elements that become the inspiration for a few foolproof drinks that will ultimately become favorites of many, from a modified Manhattan to a classic Old Fashioned.
When it comes to alcohol you have two options, go to your favorite bar for a creation from your favorite mixologist, or learn (learn more here) a few tricks to impress your friends (or yourself) on those days when you're craving to stay home, and that's why there are already a few recipes that, once you master them, you're going to want to keep making until the end of winter.
The fall cocktails you need to make:
Autumn Fizz
Ingredients
2 oz of 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, then serve in a high ball glass and top with sparkling cider. Garnish with fresh thyme and a slice of apple.
Campfire Sling
Ingredients
2 oz of whiskey (rye)
.25 oz pure maple syrup (amber grade A recommended)
3 dashes of chocolate bitters
Orange twist with burnt orange oil
Instructions
Add all ingredients to an Old Fashioned glass with a large chunk of ice. Stir well. Release the oils from the orange zest through a flaming wooden chopstick over the surface of the drink and serve. (A cocktail and a show at the same time).
Apple Cider Mimosas
Ingredients
1 bottle of champagne
1 cup apple cider
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
In a small dish, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Dip the champagne flutes in water to wet the rims, then place them in the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Fill champagne flutes 1/4 full with apple cider, then top with champagne.
Whiskey Sour
Ingredients
1.5 oz of Whiskey
1 teaspoon lemon juice
.5 teaspoons sugar
Orange slice
Maraschino cherry
Instructions
Add bourbon, lemon juice and sugar in a shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
Kentucky Mulled Cyder
Ingredients
1.25 oz Bourbon
Hot apple cider to cover
Pinch of allspice
Cinnamon stick
Lemon wedge
Instructions
Add the bourbon to a mug. Fill the mug with hot apple cider and a pinch of allspice. Garnish with a tall cinnamon stick and a lemon slice.
Caramel Apple Mule
Ingredients
1.5 oz of vodka
.5 oz of caramel
1 oz apple cider
Ginger beer
Instructions
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a mug over ice, top with ginger beer. Garnish with an apple fan.
Raising Manhattan
Ingredients
1.5 oz Applejack (an alcoholic beverage made from apples)
1 oz Vermouth
.5 oz of Sherry
10 drops of mole bitters
Instructions
Mix ingredients with ice. Strain into a glass.
Old Fashioned
Ingredients
1 ½ oz of Bourbon
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 sugar cube
Pinch of plain water
Orange Twist
Maraschino cherry
Directions
Place a sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass and sprinkle with bitters, add a splash of plain water. Crush until the sugar dissolves. Fill the glass with a large ice cube (for this cocktail it is better to have a large one than crushed ice) and add the bourbon. Garnish with the orange twist and finish with the maraschino cherry (optional).
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