Pumpkin Cocktails
This time of year we can find pumpkin in nearly anything in New England. What better than a pumpkin-flavored drink recipe for Halloween night?
Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin Spice Dark 'n Stormy
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Goslings Black Seal Rum
- 1 oz Pumpkin Butter Or Canned Pumpkin Pie Filling
- 0.5 oz Lime Juice
- Goslings Ginger Beer
Directions:
Pour Pumpkin Puree, lime juice and 1 oz ginger beer into a collins style glass, churn with a bar spoon, add ice, top with the rest of the gingerbeer (make sure to leave room for the rum float). Give another stir to incorporate. Finally float rum on top.
Garnish: Lime wheel and crystalized ginger.
Pumpkin Bourbon Cider
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Basil Hayden's Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
- 0.5 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 0.25 oz Sugar
- 0.75 oz Pumpkin Puree
- 6 Dashes Angostura Bitters
- 2 oz Hard Apple Cider
- 1 Pinch Nutmeg
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
Directions:
Combine pumpkin puree, superfine sugar, sweet vermouth, bitters and lemon juice into a mixing glass. Stir until sugar is nearly dissolved. Add Basil Hayden’s Bourbon and ice. Stir well and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with dry hard cider. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a cinnamon stick.
Casa Pumpkin Spice
Ingredients:
- 2.5 oz Casamigos Blanco
- 1 oz Agave Nectar
- 1 oz Heavy Cream
- 0.25 Almond Liqueur
- 2 Heaping Bar Spoons Pumpkin Puree
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 Pinch Nutmeg
- 1 Pinch Cinnamon
Directions:
Combined all ingredients into glass shaker. Stir with bar spoon for 30 - 40 seconds. Fine strain into an Irish coffee glass. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and sprinkle nutmeg over top.