Your cocktail menu for Thanksgiving.
Apple Cranberry Smash
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Bird Dog Apple Whiskey
- 2 oz Apple Cider
- 2 oz Cranberry Juice
- Cranberries
- Apple
Directions:
In a dry cocktail shaker, muddle the majority of cranberries (saving a few for garnish if desired). Add ice, then apple cider and Bird Dog Apple Whiskey. Shake for 30 seconds. Strain the shaker into a glass filled with ice. Top with sparkling cranberry and garnish with a freshly cut apple wedge or slices and a few cranberries if desired.
Pecan Pie Martini
Ingredients:
- 6 oz Rumchata
- 3 oz Bourbon
- 3 oz Coconut Cream
- 3 tbsp Caramel
- 1/4 cup Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Whipped Cream
Directions:
SERVES 3
1. Place caramel and toasted chopped pecans on separate small shallow plates. Dip the rim of each glass first into the caramel syrup and then into chopped pecans to coat.
2. Combine Rumchata, coconut cream, and bourbon in a large cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake until cold, 30 seconds. Pour into martini glasses and top with a dollop of whipped cream, a whole pecan, and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Serves 3.
Cranberry Bourbon Fizz
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Bourbon
- 2 oz Cranberry Juice
- 4 oz Ginger Beer
- Candied Ginger
Thanksgiving Margarita
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz 1800 Reposado Tequila
- 0.25 oz Allspice Dram
- 0.25 oz Amaretto
- 1 oz Pumpkin Puree
- 0.75 oz Lime Juice
- 0.5 oz Agave Nectar
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 1 Lime
- Pumpkin
Directions:
1. On a small plate, combine the ground ginger and sea salt. Rub the lime wedge along half of the rim of a rocks glass and dip the glass in the mixture. (For a finer texture, pound the ginger and sea salt with a mortar and pestle.)
2. Add the tequila, allspice dram, amaretto, pumpkin puree, lime juice and agave nectar into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
3. Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a roasted pumpkin slice.
Recipe from Liquor.com
Photo by Tim Nusog
Cranberry Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 Part Triple Sec
- 2 Parts Vodka
- 3 Parts Cranberry Juice
- 6 Parts Ginger Ale
- 2 Parts Orange Juice
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Sugar
- Orange