Step away from the hot buttered rum and don’t even think about mulling that wine. Not until you’ve tried the apple cider cocktail recipes we’ve put together for your fall and Thanksgiving festivities. See how our bartenders make apple cider, the indisputable superstar of autumn beverages, even more super with their seasonal spins on this all-time favorite.
Nana’s Orchard
Ingredients
Directions
- 1/4 ounce apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 ounce pear brandy
- 1/4 ounce bourbon,
- Dash of lemon juice
- Stir together
- Serve over ice
Spiced Cider
Ingredients
Directions
- Apple Cider
- Long Pepper
- Star Anise
- Cinnamon
- Clove
- Allspice
- Brandy
- Cinnamon Stick
- Infuse apple cider is with long pepper, star anise, cinnamon, clove, and allspice
- Spike with brandy
- Served hot garnished with a whole cinnamon stick
Appleseed Lane
Ingredients
Directions
- 1 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840
- .5 oz Copper & Kings gin
- .75 oz Apple Shrub
- .25 oz Allspice
- .25 oz Licor 43
- .5 oz Lemon
- Rocks, Apple slice
- Mix all ingredients together
- Serve on the rocks with an apple slice
Apple Shrub
Ingredients
Directions
- 1 Apple
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp allspice
- 5 Cinnamon sticks
- Combine all ingredients in shaker, shake and double strain
- Garnish with slice of apple and 6 dashes angostura bitters
- With a mortar and pestle, grind allspice and cinnamon, combine with chopped apples and sugar
- Let sit for 1 day
- Add apple cider vinegar, let sit for one more day
- Strain quart and label
Shen Nong’s Elixir
Ingredients
Directions
- 5 oz Rishi jasmine pearl tea, hot
- 1 oz bourbon
- 1 oz apple cider
- .5 oz agave syrup
- Combine all ingredients, stir
- Top with hot water as needed
Last Year’s Cider
Ingredients
Directions
- 1 oz. Bulleit Bourbon
- 5 oz. Calvados
- 5 oz. Allspice-Cinnamon-Nutmeg Syrup
- Hot Apple Cider
- Pour first three ingredients in Irish Coffee Mug and stir
- Top with hot Apple Cider and stir
- Garnish with apple fan
Allspice-Cinnamon-Nutmeg Syrup:
- 2 Nutmeg Pods
- 2 (3 inch) Cinnamon Sticks
- 4 teaspoons Allspice
- 16 fluid oz Water
- Sugar
- Put spices in pastry bag and hammer into pieces
- Toast off the spices
- Add water
- Measure remaining liquid, and add an equal amount of sugar
- Stir until combined
5 oz. of syrup in the Last Year’s Cider recipe? Is that a typo or intentional?